Adding Fractions with Unlike Denominators Word Problems

Lacey is making a fruit salad. She mixes in 2/5 cup of grapes, 3/10 cup of watermelon, and 1/2 cup of cantaloupe. How much fruit did she mix together in all?

• 2/5 cup

• 4/5 cup

• 1 1/5 cups

• 1 1/2 cups

5. Jade collects stones. One stone weighs 1/12 pound and the other weighs 5/6 pound. How much do her stones weigh together?

• 2/12 pound

• 5/12 pound

• 9/12 pound

• 11/12 pound

Katie ate 1/4 of a pound cake. Brinley ate 3/8 of the same pound cake. How much pound cake did the girls eat in all?

• 1/8

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 7/8

April has 2/3 cup sugar and Marvin has 11/12 cups of sugar. How much sugar do they have together?

• 5/12 cup

• 1 cup

• 1 4/12 cups

• 1 7/12 cups

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30

• 1/2

• 1  7/30

• 1  13/30

Ryan practiced piano for 3/10 of an hour and soccer for 1/2 an hour. In simplest form, how long did he practice altogether?

• A. 8/10 Hr

• B. 1/5 Hr

• C. 4/5 Hr

• D. 1/3 Hr

Solve this problem:
Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 14/15

• 1 and 4/5

Raleigh has 1/3 of the cake, Edna has 1/12 of the cake, Gertie has 1/2 of the cake. How much cake do they have altogether?

• 6/12

• 9/12

• 11/12

• 1

At the end of the first day, the company had hauled away ³/₆ of a truckload of dirt. On the second day, they hauled away ²/₆ of a truckload. How many truckloads did they haul away in all?

• ⁵/₁₂ truckload

• ⁵/₆ truckload

• ¹/₆ truckload

• ¹/₀ truckload

Which problem is shown above?

• 2/3 - 3/4

• 1/3 + 1/4

• Ice cream

• 2/3 + 3/4