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WorksheetsAdd and Subtract Fractions Word Problems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Gianni 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
5/12
3/7
5/8
Cordell has 3/8 of a pizza in one box and 1/4 of a pizza in another box. How much pizza does Cordell have in all?
7/8
1/8
5/8
4/8 = 1/2
Taj has 1/3 of a Hershey bar. Carmelo has 4/12 of a Hershey bar. How much do they have together?
2/3
5/12
1/3
7/12
You go out for a long walk. You walk 3/4 mile and then sit down to take a rest. Then you walk 3/8 of a mile. How far did you walk altogether?
1 1/8
3/8
6/8
1 1/4
Applying Operations on Fractions in Word Problems: If John ate 3/8 of a pizza and Mary ate 1/4 of the same pizza, what fraction of the pizza was eaten in total?
3/4
5/8
2/8
1/2
Findlay walks 7/8 of a mile to school. Joseph walks 1/2 of a mile to school. How much farther does Findlay walk than Joseph?
8/10
1 3/8
6/5
3/8
A school wants to make a new playground by cleaning up an abandoned lot that is shaped like a rectangle. They give the job of planning the playground to a group of students. The students decide to use 1/4 of the playground for a basketball court and 3/8 of the playground for a soccer field. How much of the playground is left for the swings and play equipment?
1/8
5/8
3/8
3/4
A pitcher contains 2 3/4 pints of orange juice. After your pour 5/8 of a pint into a glass, how much orange juice is left in the pitcher?
1/8
3 3/8
1 3/8
2 1/8
Steve's sculpture is 7/12 ft tall. He attaches it to a base that is 1/3 ft tall. After bolting the pieces together how tall will the sculpture be?
3/12
1/4
11/12
8/15
Johnny and Elizabeth were playing a video game and trying to get all of the treasure. Johnny got 1/3 of the treasure. Elizabeth got 5/9 of the treasure. Together, Johnny and Elizabeth got what fraction of the treasure?
2/9
5/27
8/9
3/5
Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?
1/8
3/10
5/8
7/8
A pitcher contains 2 3/4 pints of orange juice. After you pour 5/8 of a pint into a glass, how much orange juice is left in the pitcher?
1/8
3 3/8
1 3/8
2 1/8
While cooking a stew, Bonnie used 5/6 of a shaker of salt and 5/12 of a shaker of pepper. How much more salt did Bonnie use?
5/9
5/12
1 1/4
11/12
Rhonda mixed 1 1/2 buckets of sand with 2 2/3 buckets of potting soil to make a mixture for planting her cactus. How much soil mixture does she have total?
3 3/5
4 1/6
4 3/6
3 1/6
Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 5/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?
1 1/2
1 1/8
4 3/8
4 5/8
Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?
9/30
1/2
1 7/30
1 13/30
Three friends shared a pizza. Mary ate 3/8 of the pizza, Jolene ate 3/16 of the pizza, and Susan ate 1/4 of the pizza. After they were finished eating, how much of the pizza was left?
1/4
3/16
4/16
1/2
Kayla had 9/10 gal of paint. She painted the ceilings in her bedroom using 2/3 gal and her bathroom using 1/5 gal. How much paint does she have left?
13/15
7/30
19/30
1/30
Tara made a snack mix with 3/4 cups of crackers and 2/3 cups of pretzels. She then ate 5/8 cups of the mix for lunch. How much snack mix is left?
19/24
3/24
1/8
1/24
Marty made two types of cookies. He used 2/3 cups of sugar for one recipe and 1/4 cup of sugar for the other. How much sugar did he use in all?
3/7
5/12
11/12
