Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

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

The Fox family ordered a large pizza with 12 slices. Three-twelfths of the pizza was pepperoni. Four-twelfths of the pizza was ham and the rest was just cheese. What fraction of the pizza was just cheese?

Darla added five-sixths of a bag of soil to her garden. Her neighbor Kierstyn added eleven-eighths bags of soil to her garden. How much more soil did Kierstyn add than Darla?

• Kierstyn add 13/24 more bags of soil to her garden

• Kierstyn add 1/2 more bags of soil to her garden

• Kierstyn add 11/20 more bags of soil to her garden

• Kierstyn add 7/24 more bags of soil to her garden

Frances rode her bike for one-fifth of a mile on Monday and two-fifths of a mile on Tuesday. How many miles did she ride altogether?

• Frances rode her bike for three-fifths of a mile altogether.

• Frances rode her bike for two-fifths of a mile altogether.

• Frances rode her bike for four-fifths of a mile altogether.

• Frances rode her bike for six-fifths of a mile altogether.

Miracle swam four-fifths of a lap in the morning and seven-fifteenths of a lap in the evening. How much farther did Miracle swim in the morning than in the evening?

• Miracle swam two-third of a lap farther in the morning.

• Miracle swam one-third of a lap farther in the morning.

• Miracle swam one whole lap farther in the morning.

• Miracle swam four-third of a lap farther in the morning.

It took Gerard five-thirds of an hour to complete his math homework on Monday, three-fourths of an hour on Tuesday, and five-sixths of an hour on Wednesday. How many hours did he take to complete his homework altogether?

• It took Gerard a half an hour to complete his homework altogether.

• It took Gerard three and one-thrid hours to complete his homework altogether.

• It took Gerard two and two-fourth hours to complete his homework altogether.

• It took Gerard three and one-fourth hours to complete his homework altogether.