Adding and Subtracting Fractions 1
Adding and Subtracting Fractions 2
Adding and Subtracting Fractions 3
Adding and Subtracting Fractions 4
Adding and Subtracting Fractions 4
100
Jamie ran 3/8 mile and then walked 7/10 mile. Which pair of fractions can he use to find how far he went in all? 15/40 and 28/40; 35/40 and 21/40; 35/40 and 37/40; 30/80 and 70/80
What is 15/40 and 28/40?
100
Ms. Lynch baked 2 1/3 dozen carrot muffins for a bake sale. Mr. Burst baked 1 3/4 dozen apple muffins. How many dozen of muffins were baked in all?
What is There were 4 1/12 dozen muffins baked in all?
100
Mrs. Carey wove three rugs with Navajo designs. She wrote this expression to show the total length in feet of all three rugs. ( 8 7/16 + 11 7/8) + 15 1/4 Write another way to write the expression using the Associative Property of Addition.
What is 8 7/16 + ( 11 7/8 + 15 1/4) ?
100
Mr. Farella caught 3 fish weighing a total of 23 1/2 pounds. Two of the fish weighed 9 5/8 and 6 1/4 pounds. How much did the third fish weigh?
What is The third fish weighed 7 5/8 pounds?
100
Mrs. Hewins used 2/3 gallon of yellow paint and 1/4 gallon of white paint to paint her dresser. How many gallons of paint did Mrs. Hewins use?
What is Mrs. Hewins used 11/12 gallon of paint?
200
Marc bought 5/8 pounds of almonds and 3/4 pounds of walnuts. Which pair of fractions cannot be used to find how many pounds of nuts she bought in all? 15/24 and 18/24; 10/16 and 12/16; 5/8 and 6/8; 20/32 and 23/32?
What is 20/32 and 23/32?
200
Mrs. Hewins bought 5/8 yard of ribbon. She used 1/4 yard of the ribbon to decorate her scrapbook. How much ribbon did she have left after decorating the scrapbook?
What is She will have 7/12 yard of ribbon left after decorating the scrapbook?
200
Three students made videos for their art project. Video 1 was 4 3/4 hours in length. Video 2 was 2 7/12 hours in length. Video 3 was 2 5/6 hours in length. How much longer is video 1 than video 3?
What is Video 1 is 1 11/12 hours longer than video 3?
200
Miss Capp made 24 1/8 ounces of lemonade. She sampled 1 1/2 ounces to make sure it was not too sour. How much of the lemonade is left?
What is There is 22 5/8 ounces left of lemonade?
200
Mrs. Noah practices piano for 1 1/3 hours on Monday and 3 1/2 hours on Tuesday. How much longer does she practice piano on Tuesday than on Monday?
What is Mrs. Noah practices 2 1/6 hours more on Tuesday than on Monday?
300
Mr. Whitlatch wants to find the total of 2/3 cup of blueberries and 5/8 cup of raspberries. What is the least common denominator of the fractions?
What is 24?
300
Mr. Kelly uses 7/9 yard of wire to put up a ceiling fan. He uses 1/3 yard of the wire to fix a switch. How much more wire does he use to put up the fan than to fix the switch?
What is He uses 4/9 yard of wire to put up the fan?
300
Coach Lark hiked each day for a week. The first day he hiked 1/8 mile, the second day he hiked 3/8 mile, and the third day he hiked 5/8 mile. By how much did he increase the distance he hiked each day?
What is He increased 1/4 mile each day?
300
Mr. Burst uses 1 1/3 cups of flour to make one loaf of bread, 2 2/3 cups of flour to make two loaves of bread, and 4 cups of flour to make three loaves of bread. If Mr. Burst uses the same recipe, how many cups of flour will he use to make 4 loaves of bread?
What is Mr. Burst will use 4 1/3 cups of flour to make 4 loaves of bread?
300
A trail has three sections that are 4 7/8 miles, 3 3/4 miles, and 5 1/8 miles long. Ms. Lynch wrote this expression to show the total distance that she hiked.(4 7/8 + 3 3/4)+5 1/8 Write a way to show the expression using the Associative and Commutative Properties of Addition.
What is ( 5 1/8 + 4 7/8) + 3 3/4?
400
Mrs. Neiss painted for 1 1/6 hours in the morning and 1 5/6 hours after lunch. Which is the best estimate of the time she painted?
What is about 3 hours?
400
Miss Capp's cat weighed 6 3/4 pounds last year. Then the cat gained 1 1/2 pounds. How much does the cat weigh now?
What is The cat weighs 8 1/4 pounds?
400
The students needed a piece of string 4 2/3 feet long for a science project. They cut it from a piece that is 7 1/2 feet long. How much string do the students have left?
What is The students have 2 5/6 feet of string left?
400
Coach Bilski bought a total of 1 3/4 dozen bagels. Of the total, he bought 1/6 dozen whole grain bagels, 3/4 dozen sesame seed bagels, and some plain bagels. How many dozen plain bagels did Coach Bilski buy?
What is Coach Bilski bought 5/6 dozen plain bagels?
400
When Miss Capp started jogging, she ran 3/4 mile on the first day, 1 1/8 miles on the second day, and 1 1/2 miles on the third day. If she increased the distance she jogged each day by the same amount, how far did she jog on the fifth day?
What is Miss Capp jogged 2 1/4 miles on the fifth day?
500
Mr. Farella walked 8/10 mil from his grandmother's house to the store. Then he walked 9/10 mile to his house. Use benchmarks to estimate about how far he walked altogether?
What is about 2 miles?
500
Mr. Bonner saw an American alligator at a zoo that measured 12 11/12 feet long. The record length of an American alligator is 19 1/6 feet long. How much longer is the record alligator than the alligator Mr. Bonner saw?
What is The record alligator is 6 1/4 feet longer than the alligator Mr. Bonner saw?
500
Mrs. Neiss is hanging wallpaper in her bedroom. A roll of wallpaper is 18 3/8 feet long. Mrs. Neiss cuts off a piece of wallpaper 2 5/6 feet long. How much wallpaper is left on the roll?
What is There is 15 13/24 feet of wallpaper left on the roll?
500
Mr. Brown won first place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14 23/100 seconds. Coach Lark came in second place with a time of 15 7/10 seconds. By how many hundredths of a second did Mr. Brown beat Coach Lark?
What is Mr. Brown beat Coach Lark by 1 47/100 seconds?
500
Create a multi step addition or subtracting fraction story problem. Be sure to include a solution.
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