STAAR Review - Adding & Subtracting Fractions 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?

Jim and Cara were eating pizza. Jim ate 3/5 of the pizza and Cara ate 1/4 of the pizza. How much of the whole pizza was left?

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 has a 1-pound bag of meatballs. Joey ate half of the bag of meatballs for lunch and ate 2/7 of the bag for dinner.

What fraction of the bag of meatballs was left?

Sammy’s aunt made a third of a pound of fudge. She sold 1/4 of a pound of the fudge to the neighbors.

How much of a pound of fudge did Sammy's aunt have left?

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

How many cups chocolate candies and popcorn did Pat combine in the bowl?

Alex bought a 1-gallon can of paint. He used half of a gallon to paint the living room, one-fourth gallon for his bedroom, and one-eighth gallon for the bathroom.

How much of the gallon of paint did Alex have 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.

What fraction of the cup was still empty?

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 pounds of nails did Kyle purchase? Make sure your answer is simplified.

Jackie has a cup of fruit punch. She drank 1/6 of her cup before dinner and 3/4 cup during dinner. What fraction of the cup did Jackie have left for desert?

My grandma went to a strawberry farm and picked 2/5 a pound of strawberries. My mom picked 7/10 a pound.

What was the total weight of their strawberries?

Timmy and Lance has a 1-foot string. 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 of the foot of string was left?

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 lots of glitter. She had:

* three-eighths of a cup of purple glitter

* half a cup of blue glitter

* a third cup of red glitter

How many cups of glitter did Ronda have altogether?

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

How much of her canvas does she have left to finish?

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

What fraction of the cookies were left?

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 has math homework to finish. Brie completed 4/9 of her math homework after school. She completed 1/3 of her math homework right before bed.

What fraction of her math homework is still unfinished?

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 of the pan of brownies do you have left?

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.

What fraction of the bag of candies were NOT blue nor red?

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?