5th Grade Math: Adding Fractions & Multi-Step Challenges

Lily has 3/4 of a pizza. She eats 1/4 of it. How much pizza does she have left?

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 2/4

Tom has 2/5 of a yard of fabric. He buys another 1/5 yard. How much fabric does he have now?

• 4/5 yard

• 3/5 yard

• 2/5 yard

• 1/5 yard

A baker made 2/3 of a cake and sold 1/3 of it. How much cake does he have left?

• 1/3 of a cake

• 1/2 of a cake

• 1 whole cake

• 2/3 of a cake

Sarah read 1/2 of a book on Monday and 1/4 on Tuesday. How much of the book has she read in total?

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1

In a garden, there are 3/8 of a square meter of flowers and 2/8 of a square meter of vegetables. What is the total area of plants?

• 1/2 square meter

• 5/8 square meter

• 6/8 square meter

• 4/8 square meter

A box contains 5/6 of a pound of candy. If 1/6 of a pound is eaten, how much candy remains?

• 1/2 of a pound

• 2/3 of a pound

• 3/4 of a pound

• 4/6 of a pound

During a sale, a store sold 3/10 of its toys on Saturday and 2/10 on Sunday. What fraction of the toys was sold over the weekend?

• 3/5

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2/5

Emma has 1/2 of a liter of juice. She pours 1/4 of a liter into a glass. How much juice does she have left?

• 1/4 liter

• 1/2 liter

• 1/8 liter

• 3/4 liter

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you use 1/4 cup, how much sugar do you still need?

• 1 cup

• 3/4 cup

• 1/8 cup

• 1/2 cup

In a classroom, 2/5 of the students are girls and 1/5 are boys. What fraction of the students are neither?

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 4/5

• 2/5