Free Printable Adding and Subtracting Fraction Word Problems

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Adding and Subtracting Fraction Word Problems

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins

Name

Class

Date

_Add

2/3

15/18

1/4

9/27

_subtract

5/4

1/2

1/6

1/4

11/12

9/16

9/24

1/12

3/8

7/8

3/14

1/8

_{The common denominator to make the fractions like will be _____.}

What will 6/7 be changed into to make both fractions like?

12/14

19/14

5/14

_{2/3 is equivalent to what fraction in the example?}

2/3

4/6

2/6

5/6

What must you have to add and subtract fractions?

Common numerators

Different numerators

Different denominators

Common denominators

10.

What number could be a common denominator for these two fractions?
1/5 and 5/6?

11.

Aden is helping his dad paint his house. They mixed 5/9 gallons of white paint and 1/6 gallons of blue paint. How many gallons was the mixture in all?

6/18 gallons

13/18 gallons

4/5 gallons

1/6 gallons

12.

2/3 + 1/2 =

6/7

2/6

3/5

7/6

13.

Solve: ³/₁₂ + ⁵/₁₂

⅓

1
1¼

⅔

⅙

14.

Melanie has to read 2 books for school. Melanie read 1/2 of the first book on Tuesday, and 5/11 of the second book on Monday. What total fraction of these two books has Melanie read?

6/13 books read

2 6/13 books read

21/22 books read

2 4/9 books read

15.

Tim did 1/12 of a load of laundry on Sunday and 1/4 of a load of laundry on Saturday. What fraction of laundry did Tim do in total?

2/16 loads done

1/3 loads done

2/3 loads done

2/12 loads done

16.

A plumber is fitting a water pipe that is 3/4 foot long on to a water pipe that is 2/12 foot long. How long will the finished pipe be?

11/12 foot

8/16 foot

2/12 foot

1 foot

17.

Add. Simplify your answer.
3/8 + 5/24

8/32

1/4

7/12

14/24

18.

25/27

21/27

21/36

19.

13/15

1 7/12

9/15

20.

22/20

11/10

1 1/10

1 10/11

21.

Pam walks 7/8 of a mile to school. Paul walks 1/2 of a mile to school.

How much farther does Pam walk than Paul?

1/2 a mile

3/8 of a mile

2/3 of a mile

3/2 of a mile

22.

Marty made two types of cookies. He used 2/3 cup of sugar for one

recipe and 1/4 cup of sugar for the other. How much sugar did he use in

all?

11/12 cups

3/7 cups

3/12 cups

1/6 cups

23.

Kelly spent 1/2 of her money on a DVD. She spent 1/6 of her money on a new popcorn maker. What fraction of her money did Kelly spend all together?

2/8 of her money

2/3 of her money

1/4 of her money

4/6 of her money

24.

Jamie bought a roll of tape that measured 1 meter in length. He used 1/4 of the tape to wrap his hockey stick. He used 1/8 of the tape to fix a whole in his hockey bag. What fraction of the tape was left?

1/2 metre

3/8 metre

5/8 metre

1/4 metre

25.

Mrs. Smith bought 24 markers. 7 markers had green ink. 15 markers had red ink. The rest had black ink. What fraction of the markers had black ink?

1/12 had black ink

15/24 had black ink

11/12 had black ink

7/24 had black ink

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Adding and Subtracting Fraction Word Problems

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 2hrs 7mins

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