Name: _______________________ Date: _____________

Grade and Section: ______________

Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

Add or subtract the following fractions. Simplify and reduce when possible.

2 3 9 1 1 3
1) 2) 3)
7 7 14 14 6 6

3 1 2 1 4 1
4) 5) 6)
5 4 3 2 5 2

2 3 5 3 7 2
7) 8) 9)
4 6 6 8 9 3

2 1 1 2 4 6
10) 2 = 11) 12 8 = 12) 4 3 =
3 4 7 3 7 7

5 1 1 1
13) 16 2 = 14) 14 2 = 15) 146 8 =
6 3 9 5

Name: ____________________________ Date: _________

Grade and Section: ________________

Fraction Word Problems (Addition/Subtraction)

Solve the following add/subtract fraction word problems

3 7
1. Find the total width of 3 boards that 1 inches wide, inch
4 8
1
wide, and 1 inches wide.
2

5 3
2. A 7.15H tire is 6 inches wide and a 7.15C tire is 4 inches
8 4
wide. What is the difference in their widths?

1
3. A patient is given 1 teaspoons of medicine in the morning and
2
1
2 teaspoons at night. How many teaspoons total does the
4
patient receive daily?

1 1
4. 3 feet are cut off a board that is 12 feet long. How long is
3 4
the remaining part of the board?

3 1
5. of the corn in the U.S. is grown in Iowa. of it is grown in
8 4
Nebraska. How much of the corn supply is grown in the two
states?