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