Adding Fractions
Rogue drank 1/4 quart of water from a birdbath. The birdbath now has 5/8 quart of water. How much water was in the birdbath before the dog, Rogue's drink?
What is 7/8 quart?
11/12 - 2/3 = ?
What is 3/12
Mrs. Packer has $420 in her checking account. She uses 5/6 of the money on new books for her classroom library. How much money does Mrs. Packer spend on books?
What is $350?
Wyatt spent 5 3/4 hours practicing his violin last week. He spent 1 2/3 hours practicing this week. How much time did he spend practicing his violin in those two weeks?
What is 7 5/12 hours?
4 5/8 - 2 7/8 = ?
What is 14/8 or 1 6/8?
Two pencils placed end-to-end are 15 5/4 centimeters long. One pencil is 6 1/10 centimeters long. How long is the other pencil?
What is 9 7/10?
What is 7/12?
Jett jogs 8/10 of the way around a track. Jax jogs 1/2 of the distance that Jett jogs. How far around the track does Jax jog?
What is 8/20 or 2/5 or 4/10?
What is the sum of 5/12 + 1 2/3 + 4/9?
What is 2 19/36?
A grasshopper jumps away from a frog. The first jump is 9 6/8 in. The grasshopper takes another jump, with a total of 12 1/4 inches between the two jumps. How many inches is the crickets second jump?
What is 2 4/8 in or 2 1/2 in?
A plant grows 1 7/8 feet in May. On June 1, the plant is 7 1/4 feet long. How long was the plant at the beginning of May?
What is 5 3/8?
Malaisya puts four 1/5 fraction strips in one row, and one 1/10 fraction strip in the row below it. What is the difference in the lengths of these rows?
What is 7/10?
There are 30 students in Mrs. Ladd's 5th grade class. On Monday, 3/10 of the students stayed home with a cold. How many students stayed home?
What is 90/10 or 9 students?
A scientist mixed 1 9/10 liters of water and 4/5 liters of vinegar to make a solution for an experiment. How many liters of solution did the scientist make?
What is 2 7/10
Drew makes a kite that is 3 7/12 feet tall. Kellen makes a kite that is 1 1/4 feet taller than Drew's kite. How tall is Kellen's kite?
What is 4 10/12?
Zarai runs through an obstacle course. She climbs a cargo net in 1/4 minute. Then she crosses the balance beam in 1/6 minute. How long does Zarai take to complete both obstacles?
What is 5/12 minute?
Rem ate 1/8 of a pizza last night. Dominik comes over to Rem's house and together they eat 1/4 of the whole pizza for an afterschool snack. What fraction represents the amount of pizza that is remaining after the after school snack?
What is 5/8?
A cook has 3 pounds of flour. She uses 4/9 of the flour to make a batch of cookies. How much flour does the cook put in the cookies?
What is 12/9 or 1 3/9 or 1 1/3
Willow combined 12 2/3 ounces of blue paint with 15 2/5 ounces of yellow paint to make green paint. How many ounces of green paint did Willow make?
What is 28 1/15 ounces?
River had 1/6 ounces of orange juice. Landen had more orange juice. They combine their orange juice into one container. Together they had 1 and 10/12 ounces of orange juice. How much orange juice did Landen have in the beginning?
What is 1 2/3 ounces of orange juice?
Dylan combines 1/2 liter of apple juice with 3/10 liter of grape juice to make fruit punch. How much fruit punch does Dylan make?
What is 8/10 or 4/5 liter?
Ben wants to memorize 1/2 of the songs for the Patriotic Program by the end of the week. He has already memorized 1/8 of the songs. What fraction of his songs does he still have left to memorize?
What is 3/8 of the songs?
Hunter makes a poster that is 7/10 meter long and 2/3 meter wide. What is the area of the poster?
What is 14/30 m2 or 7/15 squared meters?
Greta is making costumes for The Little Mermaid musical. She has 2 5/8 yards of ribbon. She cuts some off to use for a costume. She has 1 6/8 yards left. How much ribbon did Greta cut off?
What is 7/8 yard?