Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

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6 questions

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Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

Last updated over 5 years ago

6 questions

Note from the author:

Adding and subtracting mixed numbers word problems
(fractions)

Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems
Read the word problems below. Show your work for each of the problems on the formative. When typing your answer, only write the mixed number. Do NOT include any words.

It usually took Josh 2/5 of an hour to ride his bike to work. But on Monday, his bike was broken, so he took the bus to work which took 5/8 of an hour. How much longer was it to take the bus to work?

Josh was packing to move to another office. He packed 3 2/5 boxes on Tuesday and 2 9/10 boxes on Wednesday. After everything was moved to his new office on Wednesday afternoon, he only found 4 1/4 boxes. How many boxes were missing?

Josh had a meeting on Wednesday for 2 7/8 hours, which is 1 1/4 hour longer than scheduled. How much time was scheduled for the meeting?

Josh needed to write 12 documents during the week. By Wednesday, he only finished 3 1/5 documents. On Thursday, he finished another 5 3/4 documents. If he finished writing all documents by Friday, how much did he write on Friday?

The distance between home and university is 15 3/4 miles. Before Ashley goes to class, she needs to drop off Bernice at elementary school, which is 9 1/8 miles away from their home. After she drops off Bernice, Ashley bikes 12 1/3 miles to the university. Compared to going to university directly from home, how much more does Ashley need to travel if she drops off Bernice?

Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

It usually took Josh 2/5 of an hour to ride his bike to work. But on Monday, his bike was broken, so he took the bus to work which took 5/8 of an hour. How much longer was it to take the bus to work?

Josh was packing to move to another office. He packed 3 2/5 boxes on Tuesday and 2 9/10 boxes on Wednesday. After everything was moved to his new office on Wednesday afternoon, he only found 4 1/4 boxes. How many boxes were missing?

Josh had a meeting on Wednesday for 2 7/8 hours, which is 1 1/4 hour longer than scheduled. How much time was scheduled for the meeting?

Josh needed to write 12 documents during the week. By Wednesday, he only finished 3 1/5 documents. On Thursday, he finished another 5 3/4 documents. If he finished writing all documents by Friday, how much did he write on Friday?

Adding & Subtracting Math Word Problems

It usually took Josh 2/5 of an hour to ride his bike to work. But on Monday, his bike was broken, so he took the bus to work which took 5/8 of an hour. How much longer was it to take the bus to work?

Josh was packing to move to another office. He packed 3 2/5 boxes on Tuesday and 2 9/10 boxes on Wednesday. After everything was moved to his new office on Wednesday afternoon, he only found 4 1/4 boxes. How many boxes were missing?

Josh had a meeting on Wednesday for 2 7/8 hours, which is 1 1/4 hour longer than scheduled. How much time was scheduled for the meeting?

Josh needed to write 12 documents during the week. By Wednesday, he only finished 3 1/5 documents. On Thursday, he finished another 5 3/4 documents. If he finished writing all documents by Friday, how much did he write on Friday?

Everyone at the office was having pizza together on Friday. They ordered 2 1/2 cheese pizzas and 3 1/3 pepperoni pizzas. But the pizzeria mixed up their order and delivered 4 1/4 pepperoni pizzas and 1 2/3 cheese pizzas. Did they get more or less pizza? By how much?