Adding & Subtracting Fractions Study Guide

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1. Jon hiked 2 4 miles. Which point on the number line best represents the
distance he hiked?

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2. What is the sum of 6
+
5
?

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3. Linda drank 3 gallon of tea and her sister drank 0.5 gallon. Expressed as a
fraction, how much less tea did Linda drink than her sister?

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4. Luke placed 0.3 pound of cans in a recycling bin. Elaine placed 4 pound of
cans in the same bin. What fraction of a pound of cans did they place in
the bin combined?
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5. Allie made 4 cup of brown rice and 5 cups of white rice for dinner. How
much brown and white rice did Allie make?

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6. Stephen and Kenny shared a pizza. Stephen ate 2 of the pizza, and Kenny
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ate of the pizza. Who ate more pizza, and how much more?
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7. Kaylie walked 2 mile from her house to school. Then she walked 6 mile
from school to the library. What was the total distance Kaylie walked?
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8. The table below shows the different colors of dogs at an animal shelter.
Which of the following represents the fraction, in simplest form, of the dogs
that are brown?

Color of Dogs Number of

Dogs
White 10
Black 6
Brown 8

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A. B. C. D.
3 4 6 12

9. Jennifer is thinking of a prime number between 30 and 40. Which of the

following could be Jennifer’s number?

A. 31
B. 33
C. 35
D. 39

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10. Jake is writing equivalent fractions for . Which of the following is NOT
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one of the fractions he wrote?

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A.
12
7
B.
21
9
C.
24
10
D.
30
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11. Taylor has pound of butter and pound of cream. Which of the following
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pairs of fractions renames and using a common denominator?
8 6

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A. and
24 24
3 15
B. and
24 24
4 20
C. and
24 24
3 20
D. and
24 24

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12. Caroline made
4
of lemonade for a big party. What is
4
written as a
mixed number?

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A. 5
4
1
B. 5
2
1
C. 6
2
1
D. 6
4

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13. The Nelsons went on a 400-mile trip. One the first day they drove 4
6
2
hours. On the second day they drove 2 . How many hours did they drive
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during the first two days?

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A. 7
2
1
B. 6
2
C. 6
1
D. 2
6
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14. Shayla ran
5
of a mile at recess and
3
of a mile at lunch. Zimeng ran
6
of a
mile after school. How much further did Shayla run than Zimeng?

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A.
3
1
B.
2
1
C.
5
1
D.
10

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15. Jack measured snowfall for a science project. Last week it snowed 2
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inches in all. This week it snowed 1 inches on one day and 2 on another
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day. How many more inches did it snow this week than last week?

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A. 1
2
7
B. 3
8
1
C. 5
2
1
D. 6
4

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16. Cameron and Brian are doing book reports. Cameron has written 2
6
3
pages. Brian has written of a page more than Cameron. How many pages
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has Brian written?

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A. 2
12
1
B. 2
2
7
C. 3
12
1
D. 3
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