Adding/Subtracting Fractions
Mia walked 2 1/4 miles on Saturday and 1 3/4 miles on Sunday. How many miles did Mia walk altogether?
4 miles
A plant was 4.75 inches tall. After a week of sunlight and water, it grew 2.6 inches. What was the total increase in the plant’s height?
7.35 inches
Lena has 2/3 of a yard of ribbon. She uses 3/4 times the amount of ribbon she has to make a decoration. How many yards of ribbon does she use?
1/2 yard
A grocery store sells apples for $2.45 per pound. Jordan buys 3 pounds of apples. How much does Jordan spend if the price is multiplied by the number of pounds?
$7.35
Emma walked 2.5 miles on Monday and 1.75 miles on Tuesday. How many miles did she walk altogether?
altogether
A recipe requires 5 1/2 cups of flour. Jay has already used 2 3/4 cups. What is the difference between the amount of flour required and the amount Jay has used?
2 3/4 cups
A store had 15.50 pounds of apples. Customers bought 8.75 pounds. How many pounds of apples are left?
6.75 pounds
A baker has 3/4 of a pound of chocolate. She wants to divide it equally into 3 bags. How many pounds of chocolate will go into each bag?
1/4 pound
A teacher has 15.6 pounds of clay to be shared equally among 4 groups. How many pounds of clay will each group receive?
3.9 pounds
A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You want to make 4 times the recipe. How many cups of sugar will you need?
times
A water bottle holds 3 1/2 liters of water. Emma has drunk 1 3/4 liters. How many liters are left in the bottle?
1 3/4 liters
A runner completed a race in 12.8 minutes last week. This week, her time decreased by 1.35 minutes. What is her new race time?
11.45 minutes
A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of milk. Mia wants to make 3 times the recipe. How many cups of milk will she need?
2 cups
A baker uses 1.25 cups of flour for one batch of muffins. She makes 6 times the recipe. How many cups of flour will she need?
7.5 pounds
A ribbon is 5 1/2 feet long. Mia uses 2 3/4 feet to make a craft. How much ribbon does she have left?
left
During a school fundraiser, students sold 3 2/5 boxes of candy on Monday and 2 1/5 boxes on Tuesday. What was the total number of boxes sold?
5 3/5 boxes
Marcus ran a mile in 8.6 minutes, while Jay ran a mile in 7.25 minutes. How much faster was Jay than Marcus?
1.35 minutes
A teacher has 5/6 of a gallon of juice. She pours it equally into 5 cups. What fraction of a gallon of juice will be in each cup?
1/6 gallon
A 9.6-meter rope is cut into pieces that are 1.2 meters long. How many pieces can be made when you divide the rope into equal pieces?
8 pieces
A teacher has 8.4 liters of juice to be shared equally among 6 groups. How many liters will each group receive?
shared or shared equally
Liam has 4 3/4 yards of ribbon. He uses 2 1/2 yards to make decorations. How many yards of ribbon remain?
2 1/4 yards
A class collected 24.75 pounds of cans during their recycling drive. Another class collected 18.6 pounds. How many pounds did the two classes collect combined?
43.35 pounds
A piece of rope is 7/8 of a meter long. It is split into pieces that are each 1/4 meter long. How many pieces can be made?
3 1/2 pieces
A movie theater sells popcorn for $4.25 each. A group buys 5 times as many popcorns as one person would buy. How much would 5 popcorns cost?
$21.25
A basketball player scored 12.5 points in one game and 8.75 points in another game. What is the total number of points she scored?
total