Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

A carpenter had a piece of wood that was 15 feet in length. If he needs only 10 and five-twelfths feet of wood, then how much wood should he cut?

• The carpenter needs to cut three and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

• The carpenter needs to cut two and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

• The carpenter needs to cut four and seven-twelfths feet of wood.

• The carpenter needs to cut seven-twelfths feet of wood.

The Fox family ordered a large pizza with 12 slices. Three-twelfths of the pizza was pepperoni. Four-twelfths of the pizza was ham and the rest was just cheese. What fraction of the pizza was just cheese?

Jazz has 4 6/8 wheels of cheese. She was given 7/8 more cheese! How much cheese does she have now?

• 5 5/8

• 3 7/8

• 4 1/8

• 52/8

Bob has 2 1/8 sheets of metal. To make a roof Bob needs to use 4/5 of the sheets of metal. How many sheets of metal does Bob have after building one roof?

• 2 37/30

• 2 5/30

• 1 11/30

• 52/30 or 1 11/15

Bralyn has 3 1/3 cupcakes. Kylie took away 7/8 of a cup cake. How many cupcakes does Bralyn have left?

• 80/21 or 3 17/21

• 2 11/24

• 70/24 or 2 11/12

• 4 5/24

Phelan has 2 5/6 pizzas. He orders 4/5 more of a pizza. How much pizza does he have now? First estimate, then solve.

• Estimation: 2

  Answer: 3 1/3

• Estimation: 12

  Answer: 5/12

• 136/24

• Estimation: 3

  Answer: 4

Jacob has 4 1/4 pizzas. He ate 2/3 of the pizzas. How many pizzas does he have left?

• 51/8 or 6 3/8

• 4 11/12

• 2 5/6

• 3 7/12 or 43/12

Lily had 1/6 of a cake left over from her brothers birthday party. If she split the leftover cake evenly between 3 people how much of the cake would each person get?

• 1/2

• 18

• 1/18

• 1/12

Allie has 2/3 of a candy bar and wants to split it among two people. How much of the candy bar do they each get?

• 1/3

• 1 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/5