Adding Fractions
1/12 + 2/3
9/12 = 3/4
1/6 - 1/12
1/12
8 2/3 + 7 2/9
15 8/9
14 1/2 - 3 1/4
9 1/4
5 1/4 - 4 2/3
7/12
1/6 + 2/3
5/6
5/6 - 2/3
1/6
2 1/10 + 5 3/5
7 7/10
12 9/10 - 11 1/2
1 2/5
Starting from scratch, Blake finished 1/2 of a reading assignment Monday afternoon and another 1/4 of it on Tuesday afternoon. What fraction of the reading assignment was done by Tuesday night?
3/4
Kayla filled a bucket with 7/10 of a gallon of water. A few minutes later, she realized only 1/2 of a gallon of water remained. How much water had leaked out of the bucket?
2/10 = 1/5
Zoe made some chili with 6 3/8 cans of black beans and 1 1/8 cans of pinto beans. How many cans of beans did Zoe use in all?
7 1/2
Preston placed an order for 2 9/10 sacks of brown lentils and 1 7/10 sacks of green lentils. How much more brown lentils did Preston order?
1 1/5
Hoping to be named Salesperson of the Month, Greg called the names from 1/2 of a page of the phone book last week. This week, he called the people listed on another 9/10 of a page of the same phone book. How many pages worth of people did Greg call in all?
1 4/10 = 1 2/5
Franklin's Desserts made a batch of fresh scones with 1/3 of a pound of butter and 1/6 of a pound of sugar. How much more butter than sugar was used?
1/6
A bucket contains 5 3/5 gallons of water. If Mitch adds 4 1/5 gallons more, how many gallons will there be in all?
9 4/5
Emily and her sister went together to get haircuts. Emily got 6 9/10 inches cut off and her sister got 4 3/10 inches cut off. Compared to her sister, how much more hair did Emily get taken off?
2 3/5
While making pastries, a bakery used 3/4 of a bag of wheat flour and 5/8 of a bag of white flour. How many bags of flour did the bakery use in all?
1 3/8
While making desserts for a bake sale, Pancho used 1/2 of a scoop of brown sugar as well as 1/8 of a scoop of white sugar. How much more brown sugar did Pancho use?
3/8
At the Newport Zoo's bug exhibit, Alana watches a millipede crawl for 8 3/8 minutes, stay still for a while, and then crawl for 1 3/8 minutes more. How much total time did Alana spend watching the millipede crawl?
9 3/4 Minutes
A marine biologist measured one fish that was 3 2/3 feet long and a second fish that was 1 1/3 feet long. How much longer was the first fish?
2 1/3 feet