Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Jack walked 7/8 of a mile up the hill. Jill walked 4/8 of a mile up the hill. How much farther is Jack than Jill?
Jack walked 3/8 of a mile more than Jill
Kyle drank 2 ⅛ of a cup of milk at breakfast and 1 ⅝ of a cup of milk at dinner. In total, how many cups of milk did Kyle drink today?
3 6/8
Sam wants to bake a batch of blueberry muffins. The original recipe calls for 1/4 cups of blueberries, and makes twenty muffins. If Sam wants to make 100 muffins, how many cups of blueberries does he need?
He needs 1 1/4 cups of blueberries.
Eris loves leaves. If Eris collects 1 ½ maple leaves every week for 6 weeks, how many maple leaves would she have collected?
9 maple leaves
Annie and Eliza are making an apple pie. Eliza picks ⅔ a bag of apples, and Annie picks ⅚ a bag of apples. How many bags of apples did they pick in all?
They picked 1 1/2 bags of apples.
When Mary painted her bedroom she used 3 ½ liters of blue paint and 2 ¼ liters of red paint. How much liters of paint did she use in all?
She used 5 3/4 liters of paint in all
Rebecca sets up a pie stand with 16 pies. She sells ⅞ of her pies. How many pies does she sell?
14 pies
Rosie and Madge are both having yard sales. Rosie has 1 1/6 pounds of old clothes. Madge has 2 1/2 that weight. how many pounds of clothes does Madge have?
2 11/12
Jackie has 1/3 of a chocolate bar. Jessica has 5/12 of a chocolate bar. How much do they have altogether?
3/4 or 9/12 of a chocolate bar
Anna is working on a science project with Alice. She has grown 5 1/4 bacteria cell farms. Alice has grown 6 4/8 bacteria cell farms. how many do they have altogether?
11 6/8 or 11 3/4
Amalia eats 4/7 of an energy bar every hour. If she keeps this up for 3 days, how many energy bars will she have eaten?
Hint: 1 day is 24 hours.
41 1/7
Lily picked up 2 ½ lbs. of school supplies at the store. Her friend Ryan picked up 3 times as much as Lily did. How many lbs. of school supplies did Ryan pick up?
7 1/2 lbs
Heather has an art class that is 5/6 of an hour. Today, she has been in the class for 2/5 of an hour. How much more time is left in the class?
There is 13/30 of an hour left
Sarah set up a lemonade stand with 12 1/2 liters of lemonade. At the end of the day, she had 2 5/8 liters left over. How many liters of lemonade did she sell?
Sarah sold 9 7/8 liters of lemonade
Will is making cookies to hand out at school. The recipe says to add ⅓ of a cup of brown sugar, 1/12 of a cup of granulated sugar, and ⅙ of a cup of powdered sugar. The recipe makes 30 servings. If Will wants to make 90 servings, how much of each does he need?
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Jane can run 1 2/9 miles in 10 minutes. How much can Jane run in 90 minutes, if she runs at a consistent pace?
11 miles