WorksheetsSolve Word Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
A recipe called for 2/11 cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/11 cup of diced tomatoes. In total, how many cups of tomatoes did the recipe call for?
2/11
4/11
8/11
6/11
Tom spends 13 /15 of an hour studying and also spends
8/15 of an hour at the store. How much less time does Tom spend at the store compared to studying?
1/3
21/15
2/3
4/3
Tom has to read 2 books for school. Tom read 5/6 of the first book on Sunday, and 1/2 of the second book on Friday. What total fraction of these two books has Tom read?
1/3
1 2/3
1 1/3
6/6
(a)
(a)
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A
B
C
D
You brought 2/3 of a pan of brownies to school and gave 1/6 of the pan to your teacher. How much of the pan of brownies do you have left?
2/6 of the pan
1/6 of the pan
1/2 of the pan
1/3 of the pan
(a)
Shane needs 10 3/5 hours to complete a project.
If he already worked on the project for 5 3/4 hours, how many more hours does he need to complete her project?
(Hint: rename if necessary)
15 6/9
5 6/20
4 3/20
4 17/20
Adam has a board that is 12 ft. If he cuts of 5 3/4 ft, how much of the board is left?
71/4 ft
73/4 ft
61/4 ft
63/4 ft
Gail made 7/8 quart of lemonade. Her sister drank 1/4 quart of the lemonade. How much lemonade is left?
21 quart
1 quart
32 quart
85 quart
Sean did 2/5 loads of laundry on Friday and did another 4/5 loads of laundry on Saturday. On Sunday, he did another 1/5 loads of laundry. How many loads of laundry did he do in total?
3/5
7/15
7/5
8/15
Sara walked 4/12 of a mile, ran 1/3 of a mile and skipped the rest. How much did she skip?
2/12
1/3
8/12
2/3
A recipe called for 1/12 of a cup of chopped tomatoes and 4/9 of a cup of diced walnuts. How many more cups of walnuts did the recipe call for?
3/3
4/108
13/36
5/21
Alyssa picked 1/3 of a bucket of bananas, and Nancy picked 3/8 of a bucket of bananas. How many buckets total did they pick?
17/24
8/12
1 7/24
4/11
Dan has 2/7 of a week's worth of pay in a wallet and 4/7 of a week's of pay in the bank. How many more weeks of pay does Dan have stored in the bank?
3/7
1/7
6/7
2/7
Dante has 2/3 of last week's allowance and 2/3 of this week's allowance. How many weeks of allowance in total does Dante have left?
2/3
1 1/3
2 1/3
6/3
Jason had to complete chores. Jason has completed 6/12 of the house chores and 2/3 of the yard chores. What fraction of all the chores has Jason done?
8/12
1 1/6
2 2/3
4/12
Melanie drank 1/4 of a cup of milk at breakfast and 1/2 of a cup of milk at dinner. In total, how many cups of milk did Melanie drink today?
2/2
2/4
2/8
3/4
