Adding fractions with unlike denominators
What is 1/2 + 1/4?
3/4
Faith walks 7/10 of a mile to get home from school. Holly walks 2/5 of a mile. How much farther does Faith walk than Holly?
3/10 miles
A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of flour and 3/8 cup of sugar. How much more flour than sugar does the recipe need?
7/8
George’s guinea pig weighed 7/8 kg. Pippa ’s guinea pig weighed 1/4 kg. How much more did George’s guinea pig weigh than Pippa ’s?
5/8
A science experiment requires 1/3 liter of solution, but the students already mixed 11/12 liter.
How much extra solution did they mix?
7/12
What is 3/5 + 3/10?
9/10
At the Perry Ski Resort, it snowed 7/12 of a foot yesterday and 1/4 of a foot today. How much more did it snow yesterday than today?
4/12
Sophia ran 5/12 of a mile in the morning and 1/2 of a mile in the evening. How far did she run in total?
11/12
A school wants to make a new playground by cleaning up an abandoned lot that is shaped like a rectangle. They gave the job of planning the playground to a group of students. The students decided to use ¼ of the playground for a basketball court and ⅜ of the playground for a soccer field. How much is left for the swings and play equipment?
3/8
The coffee cups can hold 7/9 of a pint of liquid. If Emily pours 2/3 a pint of coffee into a cup, how much milk can a customer add?
1/9
What is 5/9 + 1/3?
8/9
Kirk found an orange caterpillar and a green caterpillar in his backyard. The green caterpillar was 5/8 of an inch long and the orange caterpillar was 1/2 of an inch long. How much longer was the green caterpillar than the orange caterpillar?
1/8
Jasmine spent of an hour practicing piano on Monday and 3/8 of an hour on Tuesday. She spent another 1/4 of an hour practicing on Wednesday. How much time did Jasmine spend practicing piano altogether?
7/8
Christian’s mom made some cookies. Christian ate 3/9 of the cookies and Gabriel ate 1/3 of them. What fraction of the cookies were left?
0
Ian and Kareem really like pizza. Ian ate one-fourth of a cheese pizza. Kareem ate three-eighths of a pepperoni pizza. Kareem also ate one half of a mushroom pizza. Ian ate five-eighths of a cheese pizza. Ian ate the other half of the mushroom pizza. All the pizzas were the same size. Who ate more and by how much?
Ian ate 4/8 more pizza than Kareem.
What is the value of 1/6 + 1/12 + 2/6 ?
7/12
Wayne exercised for 5/6 of an hour in the morning and 1/3 of an hour in the evening. How much more of an hour did Wayne spend exercising in the morning than in the evening?
3/6
Trisha bought a carton of orange juice. She drank 1/3 of the carton on Monday and 5/12 of the carton on Tuesday. What fraction of the carton did Trisha drink?
9/12
Mia had 12 pieces of gum. She gave 1/6 of the gum to David and 1/3 to Sophia. What fraction of the 12 pieces does Mia have left?
6/12
What is ( 7/8 - 1/2) - (3/4 - 2/4)?
1/8
2/3 + n = 10/12
2/12
Faith walks 7/10 of a mile to get home from school. Holly walks 2/5 of a mile. How much farther does Faith walk than Holly?
3/10
On Saturday, Miracle ate 3/10 a pound of chocolates. On Sunday, she ate 4/5 of a pound. How much of a pound of chocolate did Miracle. How much of a pound of chocolate did Miracle eat all together?
11/10
Bernadette planted orchids in one-fifth of her garden, tulips in another fifth of her garden, and violets in three-tenths of her garden. The rest of her garden has poppies growing in it. How much of her garden has poppies?
3/10
The office manager at Mathville Corporation decided to start monitoring how quickly the employees consumed the jugs of water in the break room. The employees consumed 7/18 of a jug on Monday, 4/9 of a jug on Tuesday, and 2/3 of a jug on Wednesday. In total, how many jugs of water did the employees drink?
27/18