Adding Fractions
Subtracting Fractions
Word Problems 1
Word Problems 2
Anything Goes
100
3/10 + 4/10 =
7/10
100
6/8 - 1/8 =
5/8
100
At the Greenville Zoo's bug exhibit, Keenan watches a millipede crawl for 3/8 of a minute, stay still for a while, and then crawl for 1/4 of a minute more. How much total time did Keenan spend watching the millipede crawl?
5/8
100
While cooking a stew, Irene used 1/2 of a shaker of salt and 1/8 of a shaker of pepper. How much more salt did Irene use?
3/8
100
How many school days are left?
.....
200
4/7 + 1/7 =
5/7
200
2/4 - 1/4 =
1/4
200
Randy's milkshake recipe calls for 7/8 of a scoop of ice cream and Josh's recipe calls for 1/2 of a scoop. How many more scoops of ice cream are used in Randy's recipe than in Josh's recipe?
3/8
200
Lara's bus ride to school is 1/2 of a mile and Emily's bus ride is 1/4 of a mile. How much longer is Lara's bus ride than Emily's?
1/4
200
What should you do the night before ISTEP?
Get at least 8 hours of sleep
300
1/4 + 1/2 =
3/4
300
4/8 - 1/4 =
2/8 or 1/4
300
Scott's Coffee Shop can make lattes with either whole milk or nonfat milk. On Saturday, Scott's Coffee Shop went through 1/2 of a carton of whole milk and 3/10 of a carton of nonfat milk. How much more whole milk was used than nonfat milk?
2/10 = 1/5
300
Sarah kept track of the trick-or-treaters who came to her door and found that 1/4 were dressed as ghosts and 1/2 were dressed as witches. What fraction of the trick-or-treaters were dressed as either ghosts or witches?
3/4
300
If Logan Wilson has 30 jelly beans and he wants to divide them equally between everyone in the group (minus Mrs. Hoffman) How many jelly beans would each of you get?
6
400
2/8 + 1/4 =
4/8 or 1/2
400
2/6 - 1/3 =
0
400
Last year, Amy grew 5/6 of an inch and her brother grew 2/3 of an inch. How much more did Amy grow than her brother?
1/6
400
When William had one cat, he needed to serve 1/10 of a can of cat food each day. Now that William has adopted a second cat, he needs to serve a total of 2/5 of a can each day. How much extra food is needed to feed the second cat?
3/10
400
Drake has $20 that he wants to use to buy pokemon cards. He found packs of pokemon cards at the store for $6 each. How many packs of cards can Drake buy?
3 pack (with $2 left over)
500
8/16 + 1/8 =
10/16 or 5/8
500
8/14 - 3/7 =
2/14 or 1/7
500
Of the pies that Greg's Pie Shop sold last month, 1/4 were blueberry pies and 5/8 were blackberry pies. What fraction of the pies sold were either blueberry or blackberry?
7/8
500
Georgetown's zoo has two elephants. The male elephant weighs 7/8 of a ton and the female elephant weighs 9/16 of a ton. How much more does the male weigh than the female?
5/16
500
Zach, Logan B, and Ashley went to the mall to get lunch. They all ordered the same combo and it came to a total of $24. How much did it cost for one of the combo meals?
$8
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