adding and subtracting fractions

Which sum is less than 1?

• 7/12 + 5/8

• 1/2 + 3/5

• 4/6 + 2/3

• 5/12 + 4/10

Which is equivalent to 1/4 + 1/5?

• 1/9 + 1/9

• 5/20 + 4/20

• 5/9 + 4/9

• 1/20 + 1/20

Vincente mixes 2/5 liter of orange juice with 3/10 liter of pineapple juice. How much juice does Vincente have?

• 5/15 liter

• 7/15 liter

• 5/10 liter

• 7/10 liter

Which equation is shown by the fraction tiles?

• 4/5 - 1/2 = 3/10

• 4/5 - 1/2 = 3/3

• 4/5 - 1/2 = 3/5

• 1/2 - 1/5 = 1/10

Jan and Zofia are painting fences. Jan paints 2/3 of a fence. Zofia paints 5/6 of a fence. How much more of a fence does Zofia paint than Jan?

• 1/6 of a fence

• 2/3 of a fence

• 7/9 of a fence

• 3/3 of a fence

Jayden uses 3 3/4 cups of whole wheat flour and 5 1/8 cups of white flour to make bread. How many cups of flour does Jayden use in all?

• 8 4/12 cups

• 8 1/2 cups

• 8 5/8 cups

• 8 7/8 cups

Fran has 2 5/6 pounds of modeling clay. She uses 1 5/8 pound of the clay to make a bowl. How much clay does Fran have left?

• 1 pound

• 1 5/24 pounds

• 1 1/2 pounds

• 2 11/24 pounds

What is the difference? 3 3/8 - 2 3/4 = ? pounds

• 5/8 pound

• 3/4 pound

• 1 3/8 pounds

• 2 1/8 pounds

Angela walked for 7/10 hour yesterday and 5/8 hour today. For about how long did Angela walk in the two days?

• Less than 1 hour

• Between 1 hour and 1 1/2 hours

• Between 1 1/2 and 2 hours

• More than 2 hours

To find 5/6 + 3/8 which number can be used as a common denominator?

• 8

• 14

• 24

• 36