Adding/ Subtracting Fractions

Word Problems

100

Andrew used 3 1/3 cups of brown sugar and 1 3/4 cups of white sugar in his cookies. How many total cups of sugar did Andrew use?

5 1/4

200

A family brings two jugs of lemonade to a picnic.

• The smaller jug contains 5 3/4 cups of lemonade.
• The larger jug contains 6 7/8 cups of lemonade.

How much total lemonade do they have?

12 5/8

300

Max makes 3 pans of brownies. His friends eat 1 2/3. How much is left? 

1 1/3

400

Mila ate a total of 3/4 of a pizza. Yesterday he ate 1/2 of the pizza. How much did he eat today? 

1/4

500

In gym class, Kadin ran 2 7/8 laps around the track. Devon ran 1 1/4 laps. How much further did Kadin run then Devon? 

1 5/8

Unlike Denominators

100

1/4 + 2/6

7/12

200

5/6 - 1/4 =

7/12

300

2/5 - 1/6 =

7/30

400

3/5 + 1/8 =

29/40

500

1/5 + 1/4 =

9/20

Unlike Denominators

100

3/5 - 1/7 =

16/35

200

2/4 + 3/9 =

5/6

300

5/10 - 1/3 =

1/6

400

4/5- 3/8 =

17/40

500

20/40 + 30/60 =

1

Test Quest

100

8/9 - 3/10 =

53/90

200

12/20 + 10/15 =

1  4/15

300

8/20 - 3/15 =

1/5

400

10/15 + 3/9 =

1

500

8/12 + 17/20 =

1  31/60