Addition and Subtraction of Dissimilar Fractions
Addition and Subtraction of Dissimilar Fractions
Addition and Subtraction of Dissimilar Fractions
II. Go Further
Analyze and find the sum and difference of the following.
4 4 3 7
1. 8
+ 5 = _________________ 7. 12
+ 9 = _________________
4 3 4 2
2. + = _________________ 8. 2 + 3 = _________________
5 4 7 6
1 3 5
3. 3 − = _________________ 9. − = _________________
8 4 12
1 2 2 3
4. 2 − = _________________ 10. − 1 = _________________
9 5 10 5
7 3
5. Planet X is 10
of a light-year away from Earth. Planet Y is 5
of a light-year away from Earth. How
much farther away is Planet X?
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1 3
6. Of the houses in Ron's neighborhood, 12 are blue and another 4
are green. What fraction of the houses
are either blue or green?
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3
2. When Eva looked at her cell phone bill for the month, she saw that she had spent 4
of her minutes
2
talking to her mother and 7
of her minutes talking to her best friend. What fraction of the minutes did
Eva spend talking to either her mom or her best friend?
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1 5
3. Kate mailed a letter on Monday morning. The letter traveled 5 4 of a mile on Monday. It traveled 7 6
more of a mile on Tuesday, reaching its destination on Tuesday afternoon. How far did Kate's letter
travel in all?
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2
4. While taking inventory at his pastry shop, Vincent realizes that he had of a box of baking powder
3
1
yesterday, but the supply is now down to 12
of a box. How much more baking powder did Vincent
have yesterday?
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1 2
5. Of the pizzas sold last week at Chad's Pizzeria, 10
were large pizzas and 5
were extra-large pizzas.
What fraction of the pizzas sold were either large or extra-large?
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