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WorksheetsAdding and Subtracting Fractions with Word Problems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Devon combines 1/3 cup of raisins and 1/2 cup of granola to make a snack. How many cups of raisins and granola does Devon use?
2/5 cup
3/6 cup
2/6 cup
5/6 cup
Ann spent 1/8 of her allowance to buy paper and 3/4 of her allowance to buy paint. How much of her allowance did Ann spend?
1/2
7/8
1/3
1/12
Harry filled a watering can with 3/4 gallon of water. After watering a plant, he sees that 1/8 gallon is left. How much water did Harry use to water the plant?
1/8 gallon
3/8 gallon
5/8 gallon
1/2 gallon
Which is the best estimate of the sum of 5/6 and 3/8?
3
1 1/2
2
1/2
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
Pia has 9/10 meter of ribbon. She cuts off 3/5 meter of the ribbon to use as a bow on a box. How much ribbon does Pia have left?
1/2
3/10
5/6
6/15
Ken uses 3/4 yard of blue yarn and 1/8 yard of red yarn for an art project. What is the total length of yarn Ken uses?
7/8 yard
1 1/4 yards
1 yard
1 1/8 yards
Jose ran 3/10 miles and Syd ran 1/2 miles. How many more miles did Syd run than Jose?
1/5
1/2
1/4
1/3
Gail made 7/8 quart of lemonade. Her sister drank 1/4 quart of the lemonade. How much lemonade is left?
1/2 quart
2/3 quart
1 quart
5/8 quart
Neil swam 1/3 lengths of the pool. Mia swam 1/2 lengths of the pool. How many more lengths of the pool did Mia swim than Neil?
1/6
1
5/6
1/2
Mikela uses 1/6 cups of rye flour and 3/4 cups of wheat flour to make bread. How much flour does Mikela use in all?
11/12
3/4
3/4
2/5
Anton is making a fruit salad. He uses 2/3 cup of grapes and 1/2 cup of strawberries. What is the total amount of fruit Anton uses?
1 cup
2/6 cup
4/6 cup
1 1/6 cup
Two-thirds of a pie is left over after dinner. Meg takes 1/6 of the whole pie to a neighbor. How much pie is left after Meg takes some to the neighbor?
5/6
2/3
1/2
1/3
After dinner, Joe and his family eat 1/2 of Joe's birthday cake. Then, Joe eats another 1/8 of the cake for breakfast the following morning and his brother eats 1/4 of it. How much of the cake has been eaten?
1 1/8
7/8
1
9/16
Kayla ate 3/12 of a watermelon. Jordyn ate 1/12 of the watermelon. Then April ate 1/4 of the watermelon. How much of the watermelon did they eat?
6/12
7/36
4/12
7/12
Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?
1 1/12
3/4
2/3
1 1/2
Pam walks 3/4 of a mile to school. Paul walks 1/8 of a mile to school. How much farther does Pam walk than Paul?
5/8
4/8
1 3/8
3/4
You give 1/3 of a pan of brownies to Mr. Nix and 1/6 of a pan of brownies to your teacher. How much of the pan of brownies did you give away?
2/6 of the pan
1/6 of the pan
1/2 of the pan
1/3 of the pan
The fifth grade math teachers ordered pizza for lunch. Mrs. Dombkowski ate 1/3 of the pizza. Ms. Chaney ate 5/12 of the pizza. How much more pizza did Ms. Chaney eat than Mrs. Dombkowski?
1/4
2/3
4/6
1/12
The fifth grade classes collected 5/10 of the school's canned goods on Monday, 1/5 on Tuesday, and 45/100 on Wednesday. How much of the school's canned goods did the fifth grade collect in all?
1 3/20
115/100
1 15/100
75/100
