Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

Ms. Hicks has 3 ¼ cups of ice cream. Mrs. Potvin has 4 ½. How much more ice cream does Mrs. Potvin have?

• 1 ¼ cups

• 1 ½ cups

• 1 ¾ cups

• 2 cups

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Solve 7 ½ + 3 ¾

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

How much longer did Isaac sleep than Austin?

• Isaac slept 1 hour longer than Austin.

• Isaac slept 2/3 hour longer than Austin.

• Isaac slept 1 1/3 hours longer than Austin.

• Isaac slept 1 2/3 hours longer than Austin.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Mallory has 3 ⅕ cups of strawberries. Ava has 3 ½ cups of blueberries. How much fruit do the girls have in total?

• 6 7/10 cups

• 6 ⅔ cups

• 7 cups

• 6 ¾ cups

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Solve ⅞ - ⅓

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Reace ate 5 brownies. Parham ate 3 ⅓ brownies. How much more did Reace eat?

• 1 ⅔ brownies

• 2 ⅔ brownies

• 3 ⅔ brownies

• 4 ⅔ brownies

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Milly’s flight was 7 ¼ hours to Canada. Ruby’s flight to NYC was 3 ¾ hours. How much longer was Milly’s flight?

• 3 ½ hours

• 4 hours

• 3 hours

• 4 ½ hours

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Julian is 10 ⅓ years old. His brother is four years younger. How old is Julian’s brother?

• 6 ⅓ years old

• 7 ⅓ years old

• 8 ⅓ years old

• 9 ⅓ years old

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Ms. Box has 3 ⅔ bars of chocolate. Ms. Flake has 9 ⅓ bars of chocolate. How much more chocolate does Ms. Flake have?

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

How much further did Alex run on Tuesday if he ran 4 ⅙ miles on Monday and 7 ⅝ miles on Tuesday?

• 3 ⅓ miles

• 3 ½ miles

• 3 ⅝ miles

• 3 11/24 miles

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2