Adding Fractions Story Problems

Hannah had a cake for her birthday. She gave 3/8 to her friends and Hannah at 2/8. How much of her birthday cake was left over?

• 5/8

• 3/8

• 1/8

• She ate it all

Kate, Amanda, and Kelly made a gallon of lemonade. Kate drank 2/10 of a gallon, Amanda drank 3/10 of a gallon, and Kelly drank 1/10 of a gallon. How much lemonade did they drink in all?

• 4/10 of a gallon

• 1/10 of a gallon

• 6/10 of a gallon

• 8/10 of a gallon

My sister has 1/6 of a piece of licorice. I have 2/6 of a piece of licorice. Our dad has the rest. How much licorice does our dad have?

• 1/6 of a piece

• 3/6 of a piece

• 4/6 of a piece

• 2/6 of a piece

9 cartons of milk were delivered to the kitchen, but an assistant spilled 2 5/8 cartons of milk. Together with the 4 1/8 cartons of milk that were in the fridge, how many cartons of milk are there in total?

• 8 1/2

• 10 1/2

• 5 1/2

• 6 1/4

What is the sum of these fractions in lowest terms?

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

There is 9/10 of a kilogram of ground beef and 7/10 of a kilogram of ground pork in the freezer and an assistant is defrosting 2 3/10 kilograms of ground beef. How much ground beef is there in total?

• 3 1/5

• 3 1/2

• 3 1/3

• 3 2/5

My sister and I ate some of the cookies she made. She ate 3/5 of them and I ate 1/10 of them. How much of the cookies did we eat?

• 1/2 of the cookies

• 7/10 of the cookies

• 4/15 of the cookies

My dad was painting my bedroom. He started with 5/9 of a can of paint. He used 1/3 of the can. How much paint did he have left?

• 2/9 of a can of paint

• 1/2 of a can of paint

• 2/3 of a can of paint