Fractions

Adding fractions

100

5/4 + 1/8

11/8 or 1 3/8

200

2/10 + 75/100

95/100

300

7/3 + 5/6

19/6 or 3 1/6

400

7/16 +7/8

21/16 or 1 5/16

500

68/100 + 5/10

118/100 or 1 18/100 or 1 6/25

Subtracting Fractions

100

8/9 - 2/3

2/9

200

9/12 - 3/6

3/12 or 1/4

300

5/8 - 2/4

1/8

400

4/10 - 30/100

10/100 or 1/10

500

8/5 - 3/10

13/10 or 1 3/10

Mixed numbers

100

7/3 + 4 5/6

43/6 or 7 1/6

200

6/5 + 1 3/4

59/20 or 2 19/20

300

4 1/2 - 1/4

17/4 or 4 1/4

400

5/2 + 4 9/10

74/10 or 7 4/10 or 7 2/5

500

1 2/3 - 2/3

3/3 or 1

Word Problems

100

A car traveled uphill and used 1 8/10 gallons of fuel. The car then traveled downhill and used 1 1/5 gallons of fuel. 

A. 1 + 1 8/10 + 2/10

B. 2 + 9/13

C. 2 + 9/10

D. 1 + 1 8/13 + 1/13

A. 1 + 1 8/10 + 2/10

200

Which expression is equivalent to 1 − 1/3 + 3/4? 

A. 1/12 − 4/12 + 6/12

B. 12/12 − 4/12 + 9/12

C. 12/12 − 5/12 + 5/12

D. 1/12 − 4/12 +  3/12

B. 12/12 − 4/12 + 9/12

300

Camden brought 1 1/2 boxes of chocolate chip cookies for a bake sale. Addison brought 3 1/3 boxes of peanut butter cookies. What is the total number of boxes of cookies Camden and Addison brought to the bake sale? 

29/6 boxes or  4 5/6 boxes

400

Which expression is equivalent to 1 − 1/6 + 2/7? 

A. 42/42 − 8/42 + 8/42

B. 1/42 − 7/42 + 12/42

C. 42/42 − 7/42 + 12/42

D. 1/42 − 7/42 +  6/42

C. 42/42 − 7/42 + 12/42

500

A car traveled uphill and used 1 4/6 gallons of fuel. The car then traveled downhill and used 1 1/3 gallons of fuel. 

A. 2 + 5/9

B. 1 + 1 4/9 + 1/9

C. 1 + 1 4/6 + 1/6

D. 2 + 5/6

C. 1 + 1 4/6 + 1/6