Subtraction Fraction Word Problems

Bill is cleaning out his refrigerator and notices that he has 2/3 of a gallon of juice left in the container. He pours 2/9 picture of a gallon left for his brother. What part of the gallon of juice is left now?

• 4/9

• 3/9

• 2/6

• 1/2

Lee drank 1 and 2/3 quarts of water today. He drank 2/5 quart less water than Steve. How much water did Steve drink today?

• 4 and 1/5 quarts

• 1 and 10/15 quarts

• 2 and 1/5 quarts

• 2 and 1/15 quarts

The Lido family has 2 and 1/2 pints of apple juice. They drink 7/8 pint of the juice on Monday and 5/12 pint on Tuesday. How many pints of juice are left?

• 1 and 5/24 pints

• 2 and 1/24 pints

• 3 and 3/8 pints

• 1/2 pint

A grocer sells 5 and 2/3 pounds of blueberries in the morning. In the afternoon the grocer sells 11/12 pounds less blueberries. How many pounds of blueberries are sold in the morning and afternoon altogether?

• 6 and 3/12 lbs

• 6 and 1/4 lbs

• 10 and 10/24 lbs

• 10 and 5/12 lbs

Harry filled a watering can with 3/4 gallon of water. After watering a plant, he sees that 1/8 gallon is left. How much water did Harry use to water the plant?

• 1/8 gallon

• 3/8 gallon

• 5/8 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

• -4/3
• 13/18
• 4/3
• 2/9

Mike and Bob needed 10 pints of water to fill a bucket. Bob filled the bucket with 3 and 11/12 pints. Mike poured 1 and 2/5 pints less than Bob. How much water is still needed to fill the tank?

• 6 and 13/30

• 2 and 31/60

• 151/60

• 3 and 17/30

At the farmers' market, Trent bought 1/2 of a bag of Red Delicious apples and 5/12 of a bag of Gala apples. How many more bags of Red Delicious apples did Trent purchase?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Joel made some muffins. He gave 1/4 of the muffins to a neighbor. He took 3/8 of the muffins to school. What fraction of the muffins did he have left? (2 step problem)

Which TWO operations are applied to solve?

• Addition and Division

• Multiplication and Subtraction

• Addition and Subtraction

• Division and Subtraction

which operation(s) would you use to solve this problem?

• addition

• subtraction

• multiplication

• division