Fraction Review

Adding Fractions (like)

100

2/5 + 1/5

3/5

200

1/12 + 4/12

5/12

300

1 3/7 + 2 1/7

3 4/7

400

14/8 + 3/8

2 1/8

500

1 3/20 + 7/20

1 1/2

Adding Fractions (unlike)

100

3/4 + 1/6

11/12

200

1 11/16 + 2/8

1 15/16

300

13/12 + 3/4

1 5/6

400

1 5/9 + 29/6

6 7/18

500

4 11/12 + 5/9

5 17/36

Subtracting Fractions (like)

100

8/9 - 7/9

1/9

200

1 3/4 - 2/4

1 1/4

300

2 11/12 - 12/12

1 11/12

400

1 3/14 - 9/14

4/7

500

2 7/12 - 11/12

1 2/3

Subtracting Fractions (unlike)

100

1 1/4 - 1/3

11/12

200

1 1/4 - 7/12

2/3

300

35/36 - 2/3

11/36

400

1 1/2 - 7/30

1 4/15

500

1 4/9 - 1 2/15

14/45

Word Problems

100

Two friends, Jack and Jill, went up the hill to fetch pails of water. Jack collected 1 7/16 pails and Jill collected 13/16 of a pail as well. How many pails did they collect in total?

2 1/4 pails

200

John has 3 5/8 of pies and he wants to share it with his friends, but he also wants to save some for himself. If he gives 2 3/8 of the pie to his friends, how much of the pie will John have left for himself?

1 1/4 pies

300

A farmer has 3/5 of an acre of land planted with wheat and 1 1/4 acres planted with corn. How much land in total has the farmer planted with wheat and corn together?

1 17/20 acres 

400

A cake recipe calls for 2 3/4 cups of sugar, but you only want to use 1 2/3 cups. How much less sugar should you use in the recipe?

1 1/12 cups less

500

1. A class has 15 students, 8 of which are girls. What fraction of the class is boys?
2. If the class goes on a field trip and 3 girls stay back, what fraction of the field trip crew is now girls?
3. The original class gains 2 more students, 1 of which is a girl. What fraction of the class is now girls?

1. 7/15

2. 1/3

3. 9/17