πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.NF.B.3d
🍕 Fraction stories (+ and −)
Add/subtract fractions with like denominators; mixed numbers
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A sunflower was 5 9/10 feet tall. It grew 2 7/10 feet more. How tall is it now?
Answer: ______________ feet
2A sunflower was 5 1/8 feet tall. It grew 1 3/8 feet more. How tall is it now?
Answer: ______________ feet
3Lily had 4 1/4 cups of flour and used 1 3/4 cups for bread. How much flour is left?
Answer: ______________ cups
4Aiden spent 5/6 of an hour on math and 4/6 of an hour reading. How much longer did Aiden spend on math?
Answer: ______________ hour
5A sunflower was 5 2/3 feet tall. It grew 2 1/2 feet more. How tall is it now?
Answer: ______________ feet
6Omar had 5 1/3 cups of flour and used 1 5/6 cups for bread. How much flour is left?
Answer: ______________ cups
7Sam had 7/8 of a liter of juice and drank 6/8 of a liter. How much juice is left?
Answer: ______________ liter
8Zoe walked 6/10 of a mile to the park and then 2/10 of a mile to school. How far did Zoe walk in all?
Answer: ______________ mile
9Maya had 3 3/10 cups of flour and used 1 7/10 cups for bread. How much flour is left?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Lily ate 3/6 of a pizza and Maya ate 3/6 of it. How much of the pizza did they eat together?
Answer: ______________ of the pizza
11Zoe ate 3/8 of a pizza and Leo ate 2/8 of it. How much of the pizza did they eat together?
Answer: ______________ of the pizza
12Maya ran 2 3/8 miles on Saturday and 2 3/8 miles on Sunday. How far did Maya run in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
Answer key: Fraction stories (+ and −)
- 1. 8 3/5 feet
- 2. 6 1/2 feet
- 3. 2 1/2 cups
- 4. 1/6 hour
- 5. 8 1/6 feet
- 6. 3 1/2 cups
- 7. 1/8 liter
- 8. 4/5 mile
- 9. 1 3/5 cups
- 10. 1 of the pizza
- 11. 5/8 of the pizza
- 12. 4 3/4 miles
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