Adding and Subtracting Fractions Practice

• 12

• 24

• 8

• 16

Blake had 2/3 of a cake left after his birthday party. His sister, Bethany, ate 1/6 of the leftover cake. How much cake is left?

• 1/6

• 1/9

• 3/5

• 1/2

Matthew has two bags of potato chips of equal size in his pantry. The models show the fractional portion of potato chips he has in each of the two bags. Which equation can be used to determine the total amount potato chips Matthew has in the two bags?

The circles show the fraction of a mile track that Pablo and Susana ran. What is the total distance that the two children ran?

• 2 miles

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Add

• 3/25

• 3/10

• 4/10

• 4/5

Jeff ate three-eighths of a pie. Karen also ate three-eighths of the same pie. How much of the pie did Jeff and Karen eat?

• 6/16

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 1/2

Which problem represents the picture?

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When adding or subtracting fractions, I always add or subtract the...

• numerators

• denominators

• mixed numbers

• equivalent fractions

When the denominators are not the same, I must find a...

• common numerator

• common denominator

• equivalent fraction

• mixed number

Subtract. Answer in simplest form.

• 6 3/8

• 2 3/8

• 2 5/8

• 1 5/8