OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS Adding and Subtracting Fractions

A spaceship traveled 5/12 of a light-year and stopped at a space station. Then it traveled 1/6 of a light-year further to a planet. How far did the spaceship travel in all?

While making desserts for a bake sale, Perry used 7/12 of a scoop of brown sugar as well as 1/2 of a scoop of white sugar. How much more brown sugar did Perry use?

Of the smoothies sold yesterday at Spencer's Smoothies Shop, 1/4 were banana and 1/2 another were strawberry. What fraction of the smoothies sold were either banana or strawberry?

Sparrowdown's zoo has two elephants. The male elephant weighs 1/2 of a ton and the female elephant weighs 1/12 of a ton. How much more does the male weigh than the female?

Frank and Joe each bought a small pizza and ate only part of their pizzas. The pictures show how much of the pizzas were left over. What portion of the pizzas did Frank and Joe eat altogether?

Addition / Subtraction with Mixed Numbers

Mixed Numbers In the month of January it snowed 3 ½ inches. In the month of February it snowed 5 ¾ inches. What is the total amount of snow in January and February?

Mixed Numbers A large bag of M&Ms holds 3 ¼ pounds of M&Ms. A small bag of M&Ms holds 1 ½ pounds of M&MS. How many more pounds of M&Ms does the large bag hold than the small bag?

Mixed Numbers Ana bought 2 ¾ pounds of bananas, 5 ½ pounds of apples, and 8 ¼ pounds of oranges at the grocery store. How many pounds of fruit did she buy in all?

Mixed Numbers An average Chihuahua weighs 3 ½ pounds. An average Labrador Retriever weighs 75 ¼ pounds. How much more does an average Labrador Retriever weigh than an average Chihuahua?