Addition and Subtraction Fractions Word Problems

If we are looking for the difference between two amounts, what is remaining/what is left, or how much more/less of something we use:

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.1.OA.A.1

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3A

Choose the operation you would use to solve this problem: \frac{6}{8} of a box of pencils needs to be sharpened. What fraction of pencils does not need to be sharpened? (Hint: a full box of pencils is \frac{8}{8})

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Thomas walked 1 1/4 miles from his home to his school. Jackson walks 1 2/3 miles from his home to work. How much farther does Jackson walk to school than Thomas?

• 5/12 of a mile

• 7/12 of a mile

• 1/5 of a mile

•  1/2 of a mile

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CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.A.2

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30

• 1/2

• 1  7/30

• 1  13/30

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether?

• 19/24

• 3/24

• 1/2

• 3/11

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Which operations with fractions REQUIRE common denominators.

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D