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