Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

Kayla has 3/9 of a pizza and Lille gave her 2/9 of a pizza. How much pizza does Kayla have now?

• 5

• 5/9

• 1/9

• 6/9

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Marquis combined 4/8 gallon of lemonade, 3/8 gallon of cranberry juice, and 6/8 gallon of soda to make punch for our class party! How much punch did he make in all?

• 13/16

• 13/8

• 1 and 5/8

• 0

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Marlene had 2 pans of corn bread. She served 1 1/4 pans. What fraction of a pan was left?

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1

• 4/5

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Justin Bieber had 4/10 of his fans at his concert on Monday and 6/10 of his fans at his concert on Tuesday. How many fans attended his concert on Monday and Tuesday?! Choose 2 options.

• 10/10

• 1 whole group of fans!

• 11/10

• 10/20

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Applying Operations on Fractions in Word Problems: If John ate 3/8 of a pizza and Mary ate 1/4 of the same pizza, what fraction of the pizza was eaten in total?

• 3/4

• 5/8

• 2/8

• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A recipe called for 2/11 cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/11 cup of diced tomatoes. In total, how many cups of tomatoes did the recipe call for?

• 2/11

• 4/11

• 8/11

• 6/11

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Tom spends 13 /15 of an hour studying and also spends

8/15 of an hour at the store. How much less time does Tom spend at the store compared to studying?

• 1/3

• 21/15

• 2/3

• 4/3

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Tom has to read 2 books for school. Tom read 5/6 of the first book on Sunday, and 1/2 of the second book on Friday. What total fraction of these two books has Tom read?

• 1/3

• 1 2/3

• 1 1/3

• 6/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A recipe called for 1/12 of a cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/9 of a cup of diced walnuts. How many more cups of walnuts did the recipe call for?

• 3/3

• 4/108

• 13/36

• 5/21

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Sally wants to complete 8/9 of a crossword today. Sally has already done 4/9 of a crossword. What fraction of a crossword does Sally have left to finish?

• 4/9

• 12/9

• 13/9

• 1 3/9

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D