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