Mastering Adding & Subtracting Fractions Together

Lily has 1/3 of a pizza and her friend Tom has 1/4 of a pizza. How much pizza do they have together?

• 5/12

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 7/12

A recipe calls for 2/5 cup of sugar, but Sarah only has 1/2 cup. How much more sugar does she need to add?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/10 cup

• 1/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

In a garden, 3/8 of the flowers are red and 1/4 are yellow. What fraction of the flowers are red and yellow combined?

• 2/8

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 5/8

Mark read 2/5 of a book, and then he read another 1/3 of it. How much of the book has he read in total?

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 7/15

• 11/15

Emma has 3/10 of a yard of fabric, and she needs 1/2 yard for a project. How much more fabric does she need?

• 1/5 yard

• 1/4 yard

• 2/10 yard

• 3/10 yard

A cake recipe requires 1/6 cup of butter and 1/3 cup of sugar. How much butter and sugar do they need in total?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 3/4 cup

During a race, John ran 3/4 of a mile, and then he ran another 1/2 mile. How far did he run altogether?

• 3 miles

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

• 5/4 miles

Samantha drank 2/5 of a liter of juice, and her brother drank 1/3 of a liter. How much juice did they drink together?

• 1/2 liters

• 2/3 liters

• 11/15 liters

• 3/5 liters

A baker used 3/8 of a bag of flour for one recipe and 1/4 of the bag for another. How much flour did he use in total?

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 7/8

• 5/8

In a class, 1/2 of the students are girls and 1/3 are boys. What fraction of the class is made up of girls and boys combined?

• 1/2

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 1/3