Modeling Subtracting Fractions With Unlike Denominators

8/9 - 1/3 = 

• 7/6
• 5/9
• 2/3
• 8/27

4/5 - 1/20 = 

• 0
• 20/15
• 3/15
• 15/20

3/5 - 5/10

• 1/10

• 8/5

• 1/5

• 8/0

Complete the equivalent fraction.

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 12

Stacy used 1/4 cup of sugar and 2/3 cup of flour to bake a cupcakes. How much more flour did Stacy use than sugar?

• 11/12 cup

• 10/12 cup

• 6/12 cup

• 5/12 cup

Ms. Howe bought 9/12 pounds of apples, 1/4 pound of grapes, and 2/4 pound of strawberries for a fruit salad. How many more pounds of apples did Ms. Howe buy than strawberries?

• 1 and 1/4 pounds

• 3/12 pounds

• 1/3 pounds

• 1/6 pounds

Jocelyn ran 1/3 mile on Wednesday morning. She ran 1/2 mile on Thursday morning. How much farther did Jocelyn run on Thursday than Wednesday?

• 5/6 mile

• 1/5 mile

• 1/4 mile

• 1/6 mile

Andrew ran 1/3 of a mile and swam 5/6 of a mile. How much farther did he swim than run?

• 5/18 of a mile

• 1/4 of a mile

• 4/3 of a mile

• 3/6 of a mile

• 1/12
• 1
• 2/35
• 23/25

You have a bag of potato chips. You give your cousin 1/3 of the bag and your sister 1/5 of the bag. What fraction of the original bag is left for you to eat?

• 1/2 of the bag

• 2/5 of the bag

• 8/15 of the bag

• 7/15 of the bag