ADDING AND SUBTRACTING FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS

Word Problems

100

Vincent mixed 1/5 liters of orange juice with 3/10 liters of pineapple juice. How much juice does he have in total?

5/10 or 1/2 liters of juice

200

Barbra mixes 2 2/3 cups of raisins and 4 1/4 cups of peanuts for a party snack. How many cups of peanuts and raisins does Barbra use in all?

6 11/12 cups

300

At the party, Aisha and her friends ate 2 1/2 pizzas. After the party, there were 1 1/8 pizzas left. How many pizzas were there at the start of the party?

3 5/8 pizzas

400

Fran has 2 5/6 pound of modeling clay. She uses 5 1/8 pounds of the clay to make a bowl. How much clay does she have left?

1 5/24 pounds of clay

500

Charlie jumped a distance of 8 1/2 feet. His younger brother jumped a distance of 3 5/6 feet and the jumped 2 1/4 feet. Who jumped farther? How much farther?

Charlie jumped farther by 2 5/12 feet.

Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators

100

2/9 + 2/3

8/9

200

5/12 + 1/8

13/24

300

2/8 + 5/12

2/3

400

5/8 + 5/6

1 11/24

500

1/2 + 1/8 + 1/4

7/8

Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

100

7/8 - 1/3

13/24

200

7/10 - 2/4

1/5

300

6/7 - 1/2

5/14

400

1/2 - 3/10

1/5

500

5/12 - 4/16

1/6

Adding Mixed Numbers

100

5 2/8 + 3 1/8

8 3/8

200

5 3/7 + 2 5/7

8 1/7

300

4 1/10 + 6 1/2

10 3/5

400

1 7/12 + 2 3/8

3 23/24

500

2 3/4 + 7 3/5

10 7/20

Subtracting Mixed Numbers

100

6 2/3 - 5 1/3

1 1/3

200

8 5/16 - 3 12/16

4 9/16

300

13 1/12 - 8 1/4

4 5/6

400

6 - 2 4/5

3 1/5

500

6 1/8 - 2 5/6

3 7 /24