Addition of Fractions
Jonah had a fish that was 2/3 feet long. Christina had a fish that was 1/9 feet long. What was the combined length of their fish?
What is 7/9 feet?
Joe had 7/12 of a gallon of milk in his fridge. A cake recipe called for 1/3 of a gallon of milk to be used. How much milk will Joe have left if he uses milk for the cake?
What is 1/4 gallon?
A scarf costs $3.50. A jacket costs $17.83. What would be the total amount spent between the two items?
What is $21.33?
Lauren needs 43.55 lbs of peanuts for a snack she is making for her school. She realizes she has 87.88 lbs of peanuts. How many pounds of peanuts will she have left over after she makes the snack for her school?
What is 44.33 pounds?
Jenny refinished a wooden table. She used 1/3 can of varnish for a first coat, .25 of a can for a second coat, and 1/6 can for a third coat. What fraction of the can did she use in all?
What is 3/4 of the can?
Maria had a jug of orange juice with 1/2 gallon in it. She also had a jug of apple juice with 3/5 gallon in it. How much fruit juice did she have in total?
What is 1 1/10 gallon?
The length of the whole park in Houston in 3 miles. The running trail is 7/9 miles long. Carl ran for only 1/4 of a mile because he could not run any longer. How much of the trail did he not run?
What is 19/36 mile?
The price for a pair of tennis shoes including tax is $89.37. The price for a pair of pants including tax is $45.90. The price for a suit including tax is $199.99. How much will Arnold spend if he decides to buy the pair of tennis shoes and suit right now?
What is $289.36?
Celeste had $79.62 in her pocket to spend at the store. Once at the store, she decided to buy an oven that was $38.71 including sales tax. How much money should Celeste expect to have in her pocket after purchasing the oven at the store?
What is $40.91?
The maximum weight for a basketball is 22.9 ounces. For a baseball it is 5 1/2 ounces, and for a tennis ball it is 2 1/16 ounces. How much heavier is a maximum-weight basketball than a maximum-weight baseball?
What is 17 2/5 ounces?
Joseph wanted to run for 3 2/3 miles on Tuesday, 2 5/8 miles on Wednesday, and 1 3/4 miles on Thursday. How much did he want to run between Monday and Tuesday?
What is 6 7/24 miles?
Johanna is a baker. She makes dessert and realizes a recipe for one dessert calls for 5 1/6 quarts of cream cheese to be used. She looks in her fridge and realizes she has 18 3/4 quarts of cream cheese. How much cream cheese will she have left over if she makes one dessert?
What is 13 7/12 quarts?
Marlen has a piece of purple string that is 52 in.long. She also has a pink string that is 48.67 in. long and a black string that is 54.997 in. long. How long are all three pieces of string that Marlen has?
What is 155.667 inches?
The height of Annabelle's bookcase is 65.73 inches. She has books up to the height of 36.84 and then figurines for the next 15.987 inches. How many inches of her bookcase are not covered by books or figurines?
What is 12.903 in.?
You are trying to fit a present that is 4 1/4 inches tall and a present that is 3 4/10 inches tall under your bed. Once both presents are under the bed, you have 1.05 inches left between the top of the present stack and the bottom of your bed. How far is the bottom of your bed from the floor?
4.25 + 3.4 + 1.05 = 8.7 inches.
Jessica read 2/5 of a page in the first minute, 3/4 of a page in the second minute, 1/10 of a page in the third minute, 3/5 of a page in the fourth minute, and 1/5 of a page in the fifth minute. How many pages did she read in the first 3 minutes?
What is 1 1/4 pages?
To bake one pie Ana needs 3 4/5 grams of sugar. In her pantry, Ana has 18 grams of sugar. If she wants to bake two pies, how many grams of sugar will she have left over after making the two pies?
What is 10 2/5 grams?
The first fish that Alex caught at the river had a weight of 999 grams. The second fish was 1 gram and the third fish was 999.999 grams. He also caught one fish at the lake that was 899 grams. What was the combined weight of all three fish that Alex caught at the river?
What is 1,999.999 grams?
Leslie is happy because she got 1 hundred dollar bill for her birthday. She decides to spend it on food for her and her 3 friends, getting pizza that is $3.99 a slice for each. How much money will Leslie have left after buying pizza?
What is $84.04?
Your family knows from past experience that they need at least 18 3/4 feet of rope to tie a Christmas tree to the top of the family car. You have pieces in the following lengths: 5 4/10 feet, 8.2 feet, and 36 inches. Do you have enough to safely tie down a tree?
5.4 + 8.2 + 3 = 16.6 feet. You do not have enough! You need 18.75 feet
5 students were in a relay race on Saturday. Jordy ran 2 1/2 miles in the race, Christopher ran 2 5/8 miles, Jonathan ran 1 3/5 miles, Leticia ran 3 5/7 of a mile, and Stephanie ran 4 1/6 miles in the race. How many miles were run by the students whose names start with a J and S?
What is 8 4/15 miles?
The trail for walking at the park is 27 2/3 yards long. Esther walked for 20 5/6 yards long. Gustavo walked for 6 7/8 yards long. Noah walked for 13 2/4 yards long. How much of the trail did Gustavo not walk?
What is 20 19/24 yards?
Jocelyn's hair grew 7.8 millimeters in January, 129 millimeters in February, 12.1 millimeters in March, 83.93 millimeters in April, and 51.07 millimeters in may. How much did her hair grow between the months that begin with the letter J, F, and A?
What is 220.73 millimeters?
Karla has $843 in her debit card. She goes to the store and really likes a jacket that is $55.67, pants that are $46.56 and a candle that is $9.99. If she decides to buy one jacket, two pants. and three candles, how much will she have left in her debit card after her purchases?
What is $664.24?
A cabinet has shelves that are 11 1/2 inches apart. On one shelf, Kevin stacked a PS4 that is 5.25 inches tall on top of a speaker that is 3 3/8 inches tall. How much space is left above the PS4?
What is 2 7/8 inches?