Adding Fraction Word Problems

My sister and I ate some of the cookies she made. She ate 3/5 of them and I ate 1/10 of them. How much of the cookies did we eat?

• 1/2 of the cookies

• 7/10 of the cookies

• 4/15 of the cookies

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Rachel spent 2/10 of her allowance on a new book and 2/5 of her allowance on some pencils. How much of her allowance did she spend?

• 2/15 of her allowance

• 2/10 of her allowance

• 3/5 of her allowance

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Oliver and Charlie are eating from the same box of cereal. Oliver eats 2/12 of the box and Charlie eats 2/6 of the box. How much of the cereal do they eat together?

• 1/3 of the box of cereal

• 4/18 of the box of cereal

• 1/2 of the box of cereal

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Emmett and Felix are drinking from the same jug of water. Emmett drinks 4/8 of the jug and Felix drinks 1/4 of the jug. How much is left?

• 5/12 of the jug

• 3/6 of the jug

• 3/12 of the jug

• 1/4

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Oliver slept for 8 1/3 hours last night. This is 2 5/6 hours more than his little brother slept. How long did Oliver's little brother sleep?

• 5 1/2 hours

• 6 1/2 hours

• 11 1/6 hours

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

On Friday, it snowed for 3 1/3 hours. On Monday, it snowed for 4 5/6 hours. How much more did it snow on Monday than on Friday?

• 8 1/6 hours

• 1 1/2 hours

• 1 4/6 hours

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

John's plant measured 12 1/5 inches at the beginning of the year and 17 1/10 inches at the end of the year. How much did it grow during the year?

• 4 9/10

• 29 3/10

• 4 1/10

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Steve has 5 gallons of ice cream to sell. Two people each bought 1 1/6 gallons. If he sold it all, how much did the third person buy?

• 6 1/6

• 2 2/3

• 3 5/6

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Carefully following a recipe, Ben used exactly 5/8 of a cup of oil and 3/4 of a cup of water. How many cups of liquid did Ben use in all?

• 1/8

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

• 1 3/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2