Fraction Fun: Adding & Subtracting Unlike Denominators

Lily has 1/3 of a pizza and her friend gives her 1/6 of a pizza. How much pizza does Lily have now?

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 3/6

• 1/4

Tom has 2/5 of a chocolate bar and eats 1/10 of it. How much chocolate bar does he have left?

• 2/5

• 1/4

• 3/10

• 1/2

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar, but Sarah only has 1/2 cup. How much more sugar does she need?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 1/3 cup

• 2/4 cup

In a garden, 2/3 of the flowers are red and 1/4 are yellow. What fraction of the flowers are not red or yellow?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/12

Emma drank 3/8 of a gallon of juice and then her brother drank 1/4 of a gallon. How much juice did they drink in total?

• 3/4 of a gallon

• 1/2 of a gallon

• 2/8 of a gallon

• 5/8 of a gallon

A baker used 5/6 of a bag of flour for one cake and 1/3 of the bag for another. How much flour did he use in total?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 7/6

• 1/2

During a race, Jake ran 3/5 of a mile and then ran another 1/10 of a mile. How far did he run altogether?

• 1 mile

• 1/2 mile

• 7/10 of a mile

• 3/10 of a mile

A class collected 2/3 of a pound of paper for recycling and then collected another 1/6 of a pound. How much paper did they collect in total?

• 3/4 of a pound

• 2/5 of a pound

• 5/6 of a pound

• 1/2 of a pound

Samantha read 1/2 of a book and then 1/4 of another book. How much of the books has she read in total?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1/8

A tank is filled with 3/4 of water, and 1/2 of it is used for watering plants. How much water is left in the tank?

• 1/2

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 5/8