WorksheetsAddition & Subtraction Fraction Word Problems
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Henry needs 3 ¾ cups of sugar for a recipe. He has 1 ¼ cups. How much more sugar does he need?
2 1/2 cups
2 1/4 cups
5 cups
1 2/4 cups
Patricia found a rock weighing 1/3 of a pound. Robin found a rock weighing 1 2/3 pounds. What is the weight of both rocks?
1 1/3 pounds
2 pounds
1 2/3 pounds
1 pound
Jess picked 2/5 pounds of blueberries on Monday and 4/5 pounds of blueberries on Tuesday. She needs 2 pounds of blueberries to make a pie. How many more pounds of blueberries does Jess need to pick?
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(a)
Nancy had 5/7 meters of yarn. She used 1/7 meters to make a dreamcatcher and another 2/7 meters to make a key chain. How much yarn does Nancy have left?
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(a)
Two friends are measuring their heights. Ben is 4 7/8 feet tall, and Maxwell is 5 2/8 feet tall. What is the height of the two boys combined?
9 5/8 feet
10 1/8 feet
1 3/4 feet
1 1/8 feet
Martha walked 7 3/4 miles on Saturday and 8 2/4 miles on Sunday. Her brother walked 9 1/4 miles. How much farther did Martha walk than her brother?
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(a)
A baby weights 6 3/4 pounds at birth. A month later, the baby weighs 11 1/4 pounds. How much weight did the baby gain over the course of the month?
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(a)
Amelia and Katie walked around the recreation center yesterday Amelia walked 4 1/8 laps, and Katie walked 6 5/8 laps. How many laps did both women walk altogether?
10 3/4 laps
2 3/4 laps
10 3/8 laps
2 1/8 laps
A hair salon is offering free cuts. Debbie goes in and gets 11/12 of an inch cut from her hair. She wanted to get 2 inches cut off. How much more does she need to get cut off?
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(a)
Brian bought 6 3/4 gallons of gas the first week of March and 8 1/4 gallons the second week of March. What is the difference in the amount of gas he purchased over the two weeks?
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(a)
Derek needs 5 2/3 pounds of apples to make apple cider. He picked 2/3 pounds of apples each day for 6 days. How many more pounds of apples does Derek need?
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(a)
Frances ordered 3 pizzas for a party. At the end of the night, he had 2/5 pepperoni pizza, 4/5 cheese pizza, and 1/5 veggie pizza let. How much pizza does Frances have left?
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(a)
Blake cuts a piece of paper with a length of 4/6 of a foot. Brody cuts a piece of paper with a length of 2/6 of a foot. If the papers were taped together, what would the combined length be?
1/3 of a foot
5/6 of a foot
1 foot
2 feet
Andrew spent 8/10 of an hour in total at football practice. Of that time, spent 2/10 of an hour running and 5/10 of an hour lifting weights. The rest of the time was spent doing drills. How long did Andrew spend doing drills?
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(a)
Beth buys 2 3/4 pounds of fudge. She gives 1 1/4 pounds to her mother. How much fudge does she have left?
4 pounds
2 1/2 pounds
1 1/2 pounds
1 1/4 pounds
A mail carrier is weighing two packages. The first package weighs 3 1/2 pounds, and the 2nd package weighs 4 1/2 pounds. How much more does the second package weigh than the first package?
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(a)
