Adding Fractions
3/4 + 5/6
1 7/12
5/6 - 1/3
3/6 or 1/2
Sarah ate 3/4 of an apple pie in the morning and 1/2 of a peach pie in the afternoon. How much pie did she eat?
Sarah ate 10/8 or 1 2/8 or 1 1/4 of pie.
Simplify 15/4
3 3/4
Add 3/5 + 4/10. Simplify.
1
2/3 + 1/5
13/15
1 - 2/7
5/7
A container has 4/5 liters of water. Another container has 2/5 liters of water. How much water is there in total?
There is 6/5 liters of water in all.
Simplify 22/6
3 4/6
Subtract 7/8 - 3/16. Simplify.
11/16
5/8 + 3/16
13/16
7/12 - 2/6
1/12
A bird feeder contains 2/3 cups of seed. A second feeder contains 1/4 cups more than the first. How much seed is in the second feeder?
The are 11/12 cups of seed.
2 2/3 + 1 1/6. Simplify.
3 5/6
Subtract 5 3/8 - 2 1/4. Simplify.
3 1/8
7/10 + 2/5
1 1/10
3/4 - 1/8
5/8
Jenny ran 5/6 miles in the morning and 2/3 miles in the evening. How far did she run in total?
She ran 1 6/12 or 1 1/2 miles in total.
4 1/5 + 2 3/10. Simplify.
6 1/2
Add 7 1/6 + 3 5/12. Simplify.
10 1/4
9/16 + 5/32
23/32
4/5 - 2/15
10/15 or 2/3
A baker used 1/3 cups of sugar for cookies and 1/4 cups of sugar for brownies. If he started with 2 cups of sugar, how much does he have left?
6 7/9 - 3 2/3. Simplify.
3 1/9
Add 3 5/7 + 4 3/14. Simplify.
8 1/14