Subtract Mixed Numbers with Word Problems

A family bought 11 7/12 pounds of potatoes. They used 7 1/12 pounds of it. How much is left? Answer in simplest form.

• 4 6/12 pounds

• 4 1/2 pounds

• 18 1/2 pounds

• 5 6/12 pounds

An amusement park sold 6 4/5 gallons of soda. 2 1/5 gallons were regular soda, and the rest was diet soda. How many gallons of diet soda were sold?

• 8 3/5 gallons

• 9 gallons

• 4 3/5 gallons

• 8 5/5 gallons

Amy made a fruit salad with 1 1/10 pounds of watermelon and 5 3/10 pounds of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Amy use in all? Answer in simplest form.

• 6 4/10 pounds

• 6 5/2 pounds

• 4 2/10 pounds

• 6 2/5 pounds

Nicole ran 13 6/7 miles and walked 2 4/7 miles. How much farther did she run than walk?

• 15 2/7 miles

• 10 10/7 miles

• 11 1/7 miles

• None of the above

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Last week, the fourth graders at Raymond Elementary walked 2 and 1/6 miles during P.E, and the fourth graders at Edgewood walked 1 and 1/2 miles. How much further did the Raymond students walk than the Edgewood students?

• 1 and 1/6 miles

• 1 and 1/4 miles

• 1/2 mile

• 2/3 mile

Jaden swims a race in 29 3/10 seconds.  Ms. Montelin swims the race in 33 9/10 seconds.  How much faster was Jaden than Ms. Montelin?  

• 3/5

• 5 1/5

• 4 3/5

• 1 1/5

Katie swam 16 5/6 laps on Monday and 11 1/6 laps on Tuesday. How much farther did she swim on Monday than on Tuesday? Answer in simplest form.

• 6 4/6 laps

• 5 2/3 laps

• 18 laps

• 4 1/2 laps

Joan and Mindy collect sea shells. Joan's bucket of shells weighed two and two-thirds pounds, and Mindy's bucket was three and one-fourth pounds. How much more does Mindy's bucket weigh than Joan's?

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Two numbers have a sum of eight and one-fifth. One of the numbers is three and three-fourths. What is the other number?

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