Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

Ken uses 3/4 yard of blue yarn and 1/8 yard of red yarn for an art project. What is the total length of yarn Ken uses?

• 7/8 yard

• 1 1/4 yards

• 1 yard

• 1 1/8 yards

Jose ran 3/10 miles and Syd ran 1/2 miles. How many more miles did Syd run than Jose?

• 1/5

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/3

Gail made 7/8 quart of lemonade. Her sister drank 1/4 quart of the lemonade. How much lemonade is left?

• 1/2 quart

• 2/3 quart

• 1 quart

• 5/8 quart

Neil swam 1/3 lengths of the pool. Mia swam 1/2 lengths of the pool. How many more lengths of the pool did Mia swim than Neil?

• 1/6

• 1

• 5/6

• 1/2

Mikela uses 1/6 cups of rye flour and 3/4 cups of wheat flour to make bread. How much flour does Mikela use in all?

• 11/12

• 3/4

• 3/4

• 2/5

Anton is making a fruit salad. He uses 2/3 cup of grapes and 1/2 cup of strawberries. What is the total amount of fruit Anton uses?

• 1 cup

• 2/6 cup

• 4/6 cup

• 1 1/6 cup

Two-thirds of a pie is left over after dinner. Meg takes 1/6 of the whole pie to a neighbor. How much pie is left after Meg takes some to the neighbor?

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 1/3

After dinner, Joe and his family eat 1/2 of Joe's birthday cake. Then, Joe eats another 1/8 of the cake for breakfast the following morning and his brother eats 1/4 of it. How much of the cake has been eaten?

• 1 1/8

• 7/8

• 1

• 9/16

Daniel watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 1/2 of a yard and the spider crawled 1/8 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 5/8

Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?

• 1 1/12

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1 1/2