Fraction Fun: Adding & Subtracting Unlike Fractions

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

• 7/12

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 5/12

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

• 1/10 cup

• 2/5 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

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 5/8

Mark drank 3/10 of a gallon of juice, and his sister drank 1/5 of a gallon. How much juice did they drink in total?

• 1/4 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

• 3/5 gallon

• 2/3 gallon

Emma read 2/3 of a book, and then she read another 1/6 of it. How much of the book has she read in total?

• 5/6

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/3

A baker used 3/4 of a cup of flour for one cake and 1/2 of a cup for another. How much flour did he use altogether?

• 2 cups

• 1.25 cups

• 1 cup

• 1.5 cups

During a race, John ran 5/6 of a mile, and his friend ran 1/3 of a mile. How far did they run together?

• 1 mile

• 2/3 miles

• 3/2 miles

• 7/6 miles

A tank is filled with 2/5 of water, and then 1/10 of the tank is filled with more water. How much water is in the tank now?

• 1/3

• 2/5

• 1/2

• 3/5

Samantha has 3/4 of a yard of ribbon, and she uses 1/2 of a yard for a project. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 1/8 yard

• 3/8 yard

• 1/2 yard

• 1/4 yard

A class collected 2/3 of a pound of paper for recycling, and they collected another 1/4 of a pound. How much paper did they collect in total?

• 5/6 of a pound

• 1/2 of a pound

• 11/12 of a pound

• 3/4 of a pound