Free Printable Add and Subtract Fractions

1.

Gilly and Luke went to the school library one fine morning. They planned to read books that day and borrow books to read during the winter.

Of the 10 books on fairy tales, Gilly borrowed 3. What fraction of the books on fairy tales did she borrow?

a)

$\frac{3}{10}$

b)

$\frac{5}{10}$

c)

$\frac{7}{10}$

d)

$\frac{9}{10}$

2.

Gilly and Luke went to the school library one fine morning. They planned to read books that day and borrow books to read during the winter.

Luke saw 9 books about the Solar System and its 9 planets. These were thick books and so he thought that 2 of these would be enough. What fraction of the solar system books did he borrow?

a)

$\frac{7}{9}$

b)

$\frac{2}{7}$

c)

$\frac{9}{7}$

d)

$\frac{2}{9}$

3.

Gilly and Luke went to the school library one fine morning. They planned to read books that day and borrow books to read during the winter.

Luke also checked out books about land and sea animals. There were 20 books on land animals and 4 books on sea animals. He chose to borrow 7 books on land animals. What fraction of the books on land animals did Luke borrow?

a)

$\frac{7}{20}$

b)

$\frac{4}{20}$

c)

$\frac{4}{20}$

d)

$\frac{7}{24}$

4.

Gilly and Luke went to the school library one fine morning. They planned to read books that day and borrow books to read during the winter.

Lastly, Gilly and Luke found a book on Greek mythology and the 12 most important Greek myths. The book had 120 pages. Gilly and Luke read 40 pages of the book. What fraction of the book did they read?

a)

$\frac{1}{2}$

b)

$\frac{1}{3}$

c)

$\frac{1}{4}$

d)

$\frac{1}{5}$

5.

Gilly and Luke went to the school library one fine morning. They planned to read books that day and borrow books to read during the winter.

Gilly found 15 books on underwater life and brought 7 of these to the table. What fraction of the books on underwater life did she bring to the table?

a)

$\frac{15}{7}$

b)

$\frac{15}{8}$

c)

$\frac{7}{15}$

d)

$\frac{8}{15}$

6.

Arya and her sister Yana wanted to make some pasta one weekend.

The first ingredient was garlic. If Arya prepared

\frac{5}{12}

cup of chopped garlic and Yana prepared

\frac{6}{12}

cup, how much garlic did they prepare in total?

a)

$\frac{5}{12}$

b)

$\frac{6}{12}$

c)

$\frac{1}{12}$

d)

$\frac{11}{12}$

7.

Arya and her sister Yana wanted to make some pasta one weekend.

After preparing the garlic, the two girls started chopping onions. They needed

1\ \frac{5}{7}

cups of onions. If their mom already prepared

1\ \frac{1}{7}

cups, how much more onion do the two have to prepare?

a)

$\frac{4}{7}$

b)

$\frac{3}{7}$

c)

$\frac{2}{7}$

d)

$\frac{1}{7}$

8.

Arya and her sister Yana wanted to make some pasta one weekend.

Once the preparation was done, they started to cook the ground meat that their father bought. If their dad bought

\frac{3}{12}

kg of ground pork and

\frac{8}{12}

kg of ground beef,how much meat do they have in total?

a)

$\frac{3}{12}$

b)

$\frac{5}{12}$

c)

$\frac{8}{12}$

d)

$\frac{11}{12}$

9.

Arya and her sister Yana wanted to make some pasta one weekend.

When they were done cooking the dry ingredients, they started to make the sauce. If Arya added

\frac{4}{9}

of a quart of tomato sauce and Yana added

\frac{3}{9}

of a quart of water, how many quarts of sauce will they be able to make?

a)

$\frac{3}{9}$

b)

$\frac{4}{9}$

c)

$\frac{7}{9}$

d)

$\frac{8}{9}$

10.

Arya and her sister Yana wanted to make some pasta one weekend.

Lastly,AryaandYanapreparedthenoodlesthattheywilluseforthepasta.They wanted to make the dish interesting so while Arya made

\frac{4}{11}

kg of macaroni; Yana

\frac{6}{11}

prepared kg of fettuccine. How much pasta did they prepare in total?

a)

$\frac{8}{11}$

b)

$\frac{10}{11}$

c)

$\frac{9}{11}$

d)

$\frac{2}{11}$

Add and Subtract Fractions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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