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Solve Word Problems Involving Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

2/11

b)

4/11

c)

8/11

d)

6/11

2.

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?

a)

1/3

b)

21/15

c)

2/3

d)

4/3

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?

a)

1/3

b)

1 2/3

c)

1 1/3

d)

6/6

4.



(a)  

5.



(a)  

6.

.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

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?

a)

2/6 of the pan

b)

1/6 of the pan

c)

1/2 of the pan

d)

1/3 of the pan

8.



(a)  

9.

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)

a)

15 6/9

b)

5 6/20

c)

4 3/20

d)

4 17/20

10.

Adam has a board that is 12 ft. If he cuts of 5 3/4 ft, how much of the board is left?

a)

71/4 ft

b)

73/4 ft

c)

61/4 ft

d)

63/4 ft

11.

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

a)

12\frac{1}{2}  quart

b)

1 quart

c)

23\frac{2}{3}  quart

d)

58\frac{5}{8}  quart

12.

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?

a)

3/5

b)

7/15

c)

7/5

d)

8/15

13.

Sara walked 4/12 of a mile, ran 1/3 of a mile and skipped the rest. How much did she skip?

a)

2/12

b)

1/3

c)

8/12

d)

2/3

14.

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?

a)

3/3

b)

4/108

c)

13/36

d)

5/21

15.

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?

a)

17/24

b)

8/12

c)

1 7/24

d)

4/11

16.

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?

a)

3/7

b)

1/7

c)

6/7

d)

2/7

17.

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?

a)

2/3

b)

1 1/3

c)

2 1/3

d)

6/3

18.

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?

a)

8/12

b)

1 1/6

c)

2 2/3

d)

4/12

19.

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?

a)

2/2

b)

2/4

c)

2/8

d)

3/4