Real-Life Fraction Fun: Add & Subtract Like Denominators

Lily has 3/8 of a pizza left. She eats 1/8 of it. How much pizza does she have now?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/8

Tom read 2/5 of a book last week and 1/5 of it this week. How much of the book has he read in total?

• 4/5

• 3/5

• 1/2

• 2/5

A recipe calls for 1/4 cup of sugar. If Sarah adds another 1/4 cup, how much sugar does she have now?

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 3/4 cup

• 1/4 cup

In a class, 3/10 of the students are girls and 2/10 are boys. How many students are girls and boys combined?

• 3/10 or 30% of the students are girls and boys combined.

• 6/10 or 60% of the students are girls and boys combined.

• 4/10 or 40% of the students are girls and boys combined.

• 5/10 or 50% of the students are girls and boys combined.

Emma has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. She uses 2/6 of it for a project. How much fabric does she have left?

• 3/6 yard

• 1/3 yard

• 2/6 yard

• 1/2 yard

A tank is filled with 4/5 of water. If 1/5 of the water is used, how much water remains in the tank?

• 4/5

• 3/5

• 2/5

• 1/5

During a sale, 1/3 of the items were sold on the first day and 1/3 on the second day. What fraction of the items were sold in total?

• 3/4

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 1/2

A gardener planted 2/7 of a garden with flowers and 3/7 with vegetables. What fraction of the garden is planted with both?

• 1/7

• 2/7

• 3/14

• 0

Mark has 6/10 of a chocolate bar. He gives away 2/10 of it to his friend. How much chocolate does he have left?

• 5/10

• 6/10

• 4/10

• 2/10

A baker used 3/4 of a bag of flour for one recipe and 1/4 for another. How much flour did he use in total?

• 1/2 bag of flour

• 1 bag and 1/4 bag of flour

• 1 bag of flour

• 2 bags of flour