Add and Subtract Mixed Numbers

Find the difference. Choose the answer in simplest form.

Find the difference. Choose the answer in simplest form.

Find the difference. Choose the answer in simplest form.

Mr. Carter owned a ranch with 7 1/4 acres. Last year, he bought 3 1/5 acres of land from his neighbor. Then he sold 2 1/4 acres. How many acres does Mr. Carter own now?

• 10 9/20 acres

• 8 1/5 acres

• 12 7/10 acres

• 6 3/10 acres

Dr. Whether-or-Not collects two hailstones during a storm in California. One hailstone weighs 2 3/8 pounds, and the other hailstone weighs 1 3/10 pounds. How much heavier is the larger hailstone than the smaller hailstone?

• 3/40 pounds

• 1 3/40 pounds

• 1 27/40 pounds

• 3 27/40 pounds

Apply Jason is making a fruit salad. He mixes in 3 1/4 cups of orange melon and 2 2/3 cups of green melon. How many cups of melon does Jason put in the fruit salad?

• 5 1/4 cups

• 5 1/3 cups

• 5 7/12 cups

• 5 11/12 cups

Dakota makes a salad dressing by combining 6 1/3 fluid ounces of oil and 2 3/8 fluid ounces of vinegar in a jar. She then pours 2 1/4 fluid ounces of the dressing onto her salad. How much dressing remains in the jar?

• 6 1/8 fluid ounces

• 6 3/8 fluid ounces

• 6 11/24 fluid ounces

• 6 17/ 24 fluid ounces

Yolanda walked 3 6/10 miles. Then she walked 4 1/2 more miles. How many miles did Yolanda walk?

• 7 1/10 miles

• 8 7/10 miles

• 8 1/10 miles

• 7 7/10 miles

The gas tank in Rebecca’s old car held 14 1/5 gallons. The gas tank in Rebecca’s new car holds 18 1/2 gallons. How many more gallons will the tank in Rebecca’s new car hold than her old car?

• 4 1/3 gallons

• 4 3/10 gallons

Four students made paper chains to decorate the community center. The table at the right shows the lengths of the paper chains. If Ioana attaches her chain to the end of Gabrielle’s chain, what will be the length of the combined chain?

• 13 3/4 feet

• 13 1/4 feet

• 12 1/4 feet

• 12 1/2 feet