Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problem

The fifth grade math teachers ordered pizza for lunch. Mrs. Dombkowski ate 1/3 of the pizza. Ms. Chaney ate 5/12 of the pizza. How much more pizza did Ms. Chaney eat than Mrs. Dombkowski?

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 4/6

• 1/12

The fifth grade classes collected 5/10 of the school's canned goods on Monday, 1/5 on Tuesday, and 45/100 on Wednesday. How much of the school's canned goods did the fifth grade collect in all?

• 1 3/20

• 115/100

• 1 15/100

• 75/100

Charlotte received 7/10 inches of rain on Monday. On Tuesday it rained an additional 2/5 inches. How many more inches did it rain on Monday than on Tuesday?

• 3/10

• 1/5

• 6/10

• 2/5

Nathan collected 5/6 of a carton of eggs on Saturday and 8/12 on Sunday. How many eggs did he collect on both days?

• 18/12

• 9/6

• 1 1/2

• 1 3/6

Mrs. O'Hare bought a cake for the teachers of Palisades Park Elementary. The teachers ate 4/10 of the cake before lunch, 1/5 after lunch, and 12/100 after school. How much of the cake got eaten during the day?

• 8/10

• 72/100

• 36/50

• 18/25

Josie has three plants. She is keeping track of how much the plants grow. The table below shows how many inches the plants have grown.

About how many inches have the three plants grown altogether?

• 9in

• 10in

• 11in

• 12in

Macy washed her dirty clothes over the weekend. She used 1 1/3 scoops of detergent for her white load and 9/12 of a scoop of detergent for her color load. How much more laundry detergent did she use in the white load?

• 1/12 of a scoop

• 2/12 of a scoop

• 5/12 of a scoop

• 7/12 of a scoop

Maggie carried 3 bags of groceries in from the grocery store.

The first bag weighed 45/12 pounds.

The second bag weighed 21/6 pounds.

The third bag weighed 12/3 pounds.

She carried the first bag in her left hand. She carried the second and third bag in her right hand. How much more weight did she carry with her left hand than her right hand?

• 8 5/12 pounds

• 3 5/6 pounds

• 1 3/12 pounds

• 7/12 pound

Abuela had 6 cups of flour. She used 42/3 cups of flour to make cookies. How many cups of flour does Abuela have left?

• 1 1/3 cups

• 2 1/3 cups

• 2 2/3 cups

• 10 2/3 cups

Javion drank 7/8 quart of juice in two days. He drank 1/4 quart of juice yesterday. How much did he drink today?

• 5/8 quart

• 6/8 quart

• 1 1/4 quarts

• 1 1/8 quarts