Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Unlike Denominator

Marie needs 2 ¹/₄ yards of fabric/ She already has 1 ³/₈ yards. How many more yards of fabric does she need?

• ¹/₈ yard

• ³/₄ yard

• ⁷/₈ yard

• 1 ⁷/₈ yards

A builder cut 2 7/8 inches off a length of lumber. The lumber was 3 3/8 inches to start with. How much is left over?

• 6/8

• 1 4/8

• 4/8

• 1 3/8

A baker used 3 7/8 bars of chocolate to bake a cake and had 1 5/8 left over. Then she ate 4/8 of another bar. How many chocolate bars did she have at the start?

• 6 bars

• 5 7/8 bars

• 4 bars

• 5 4/8 bars

Mom had 5 2/6 yards of fabric. She cut off 3/6 yards for a quilt. She also cut 2 4/6 yards off the roll of fabric for another quilt. How much fabric did she have left?

• 4 5/6 yards

• 2 1/6 yards

• 2 yards

• 2 4/6 yards

Mrs. Vasquez bought 2 1/3 pounds of grapes and 1 2/3 pounds of bananas. How many total pounds of fruit did she buy?

• 5 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 2 1/3 pounds

• 1 2/3 pounds

When painting his bedroom George used 3 5/6 liters of blue paint and 2 4/6 liters of red paint. How much paint did he use altogether?

• 5 9/6 liters

• 6 1/2 liters

• 1 1/6 liters

• 5 1/6 liters

1/2 + 7 1/2

• 17

• 16

• 14  1/2

• 16  1/2

1/3 + 2 1/3

• 6  1/3

• 6  2/3

• 6  2/6

• 7  2/3

2/3 + 9 4/5=
Reduce if needed.

• 12  7/15

• 11  22/15

• 9  1/3

• 5  1/2

5  5/6 + 2  3/4=
Reduce if needed.

• 2  2/3

• 7  19/12

• 4  1/2

• 8  7/12