Mastering Fractions: Add & Subtract Like Denominators

Lily has 3/8 of a pizza left. She eats 1/8 of it. How much pizza does she have now?

• 5/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/8

Tom read 5/12 of a book last week and 3/12 this week. How much of the book has he read in total?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 4/12

A recipe calls for 2/5 of a cup of sugar. If Maria uses 1/5 of a cup, how much more sugar does she need to add?

• 1/2 of a cup

• 3/5 of a cup

• 2/5 of a cup

• 1/5 of a cup

In a class, 4/10 of the students are girls. If 2/10 of the girls leave, how many girls are left in the class?

• 4/10 of the students are girls left in the class.

• 3/10 of the students are girls left in the class.

• 2/10 of the students are girls left in the class.

• 1/10 of the students are girls left in the class.

Sarah has 7/9 of a yard of fabric. She uses 2/9 of a yard for a project. How much fabric does she have remaining?

• 4/9 of a yard

• 5/9 of a yard

• 3/9 of a yard

• 6/9 of a yard

A baker made 5/6 of a cake. He sold 2/6 of it. How much cake does he have left?

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 3/6

• 1/2

During a game, Alex scored 3/4 of the total points. If he scores another 1/4, what fraction of the total points has he scored now?

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1

Emma drank 1/3 of a bottle of juice. Later, she drank another 1/3. How much juice did she drink in total?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 3/4

A gardener planted 2/5 of a garden with flowers and 1/5 with vegetables. What fraction of the garden is planted?

• 1/2

• 4/5

• 2/3

• 3/5

In a library, 3/7 of the books are fiction. If 2/7 of the fiction books are checked out, how many fiction books remain?

• 2/7 of the fiction books remain.

• 15/49 of the total number of books remain.

• 3/7 of the total number of books remain.

• 1/7 of the total number of books remain.