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Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Word Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

2/5 cup

b)

3/6 cup

c)

2/6 cup

d)

5/6 cup

2.

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?

a)

1/2

b)

7/8

c)

1/3

d)

1/12

3.

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?

a)

1/8 gallon

b)

3/8 gallon

c)

5/8 gallon

d)

1/2 gallon

4.

Which is the best estimate of the sum of 5/6 and 3/8?

a)

3

b)

1 1/2

c)

2

d)

1/2

5.

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?

a)

3/4

b)

5/8

c)

2/8

d)

1/2

6.

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?

a)

1/2

b)

3/10

c)

5/6

d)

6/15

7.

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?

a)

7/8 yard

b)

1 1/4 yards

c)

1 yard

d)

1 1/8 yards

8.

Jose ran 3/10 miles and Syd ran 1/2 miles. How many more miles did Syd run than Jose?

a)

1/5

b)

1/2

c)

1/4

d)

1/3

9.

Gail made 7/8 quart of lemonade. Her sister drank 1/4 quart of the lemonade. How much lemonade is left?

a)

1/2 quart

b)

2/3 quart

c)

1 quart

d)

5/8 quart

10.

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?

a)

1/6

b)

1

c)

5/6

d)

1/2

11.

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?

a)

11/12

b)

3/4

c)

3/4

d)

2/5

12.

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?

a)

1 cup

b)

2/6 cup

c)

4/6 cup

d)

1 1/6 cup

13.

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?

a)

5/6

b)

2/3

c)

1/2

d)

1/3

14.

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?

a)

1 1/8

b)

7/8

c)

1

d)

9/16

15.

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?

a)

6/12

b)

7/36

c)

4/12

d)

7/12

16.

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?

a)

1 1/12

b)

3/4

c)

2/3

d)

1 1/2

17.

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?

a)

5/8

b)

4/8

c)

1 3/8

d)

3/4

18.

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?

a)

2/6 of the pan

b)

1/6 of the pan

c)

1/2 of the pan

d)

1/3 of the pan

19.

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?

a)

1/4

b)

2/3

c)

4/6

d)

1/12

20.

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?

a)

1 3/20

b)

115/100

c)

1 15/100

d)

75/100