STAAR Review - Adding & Subtracting Word Problems

Katie made seven-sixteenths of a pound of taffy. Scott made 1/2 of a pound of fudge. How many more pounds was fudge than taffy?

My teacher used 3/4 a foot of tape on my poster. She used a half foot of tape on my friend’s poster. How much more tape did she use on my poster?

My uncle had 12 pieces of pizza in his refrigerator. My brother ate two-thirds of the pizza. I ate 1/12 of the pizza.

What fraction of the pizza did we eat in all?

Simplify your answer!

Lucas made a recipe that needed five-sixths cup of flour. Sarah’s recipe called for 1/6 cup of flour. How much more flour did Lucas need?

Joey ate one-half of the meatballs for lunch. He ate 2/7 of them for dinner.

What fraction of the meatballs did he eat in all?

Sammy’s aunt made a third of a pound of fudge. Her uncle bought 1/4 of a pound of fudge.

How much more fudge did her aunt make than her uncle buy?

Pat put one-fourth of a cup of chocolate candies in a bowl. She added 2/3 of a cup of popcorn.

How many cups did she have in all?

There was three-fourths of a gallon of white paint left. There was also one-eighth of a gallon of blue paint.

How much more white paint than blue paint was left?

Mary added one-fourth of a cup of iced tea to her cup. She added 1/2 cup of lemonade to her cup as well.

How much mixed beverage did she have in all?

Brian filled the first beaker 5/9 full of solution. He filled a second beaker 2/3 full.

How much fuller was the second beaker than the first one?

On Friday, Kyle purchased 9/10 a pound of nails. On Saturday, he purchased 2/5 a pound of nails.

How many more nails did he purchase on Friday?

Jackie was making punch. It needed 1/2 cup cherry juice, 1/3 cup clear soda and 1/6 cup pineapple juice. How many more cups of soda was needed than pineapple juice?

My grandma went to a strawberry farm and picked 2/5 a pound of strawberries. My mom picked 3/10 a pound.

What was the total weight of their strawberries?

Timmy used seven-twelfths of a foot of string on his science project. Lance used a third of a foot on his project.

How much more string did Timmy use?

Will collected 2/5 of a cup of pond water. Carter collected 1/3 of a cup of pond water.

How much more pond water did Will collect?

Ronda had three-eighths of a cup of pink glitter. She had half a cup of blue glitter.

How much more blue glitter did she have?

Lizzie painted a third of her canvas yesterday. Today, she finished another half of the canvas.

How much of her canvas is finished?

One-eighth of the total cookies were eaten this morning. One-third of the total cookies were eaten this afternoon.

What fraction more of the cookies were eaten in the afternoon?

Nate put 3/4 cup of chocolate chips in the cookies. He put five-sixths cup of white chips in the cookies.

How many more cups of white chips did Nate use?

Brie completed 4/9 of her math problems after school. She completed 1/3 of her

math problems in the evening.

What fraction of her math problems are completed?

On Monday, Andy picked five-sevenths of a basket of apples. On Tuesday, he picked a half a basket.

How many more baskets did he pick on Monday than Tuesday?

Henry added 3/4 cup of brown sugar to the recipe. He also added half a cup of granulated sugar.

How much more cups of brown sugar did he add than white sugar?

Betsy mixed a third of a jar of yellow paint with eight-ninths of a jar of blue

paint.

How much more blue paint did she use than yellow paint?

On Saturday, Michelle ate 3/10 a pound of chocolates. On Sunday, she ate 2/5 of a pound.

How much of a pound of chocolate did Michelle eat altogether?

You gave 1/3 of a pan of brownies to the neighbors. You gave 1/6 of the pan to your cousin.

How much more of a pan of brownies did you give to your neighbors than your cousin?

Jill walked for 3/4 a mile on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she walked 3/8 of a mile.

How far did she walk in all?

In the bag, one-fifth of the candies were blue. One-tenth of the candies were red.

How much of the bag contained red and blue candies?

In Ms. Jones’ class, 2/5 of the students are wearing red shirts. One-fourth of the students are wearing blue shirts.

What fraction more of the students are wearing red rather than blue?

A male elephant weighs 7/8 of a ton. The female elephant weighs 9/16 of a ton.

How much more does the male weigh?

Paul poured 5/8 gallon of water in a bucket. Rosa poured 5/12 gallon of water in a different bucket.

How much more water did Paul pour than Rosa?