WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING ADDITION OF FRACTIONS

GRADE V
WORD PROBLEMS INVOLVING ADDITION OF FRACTIONS

Objective: Solve word problems involving addition of similar and dissimilar

fractions without and with regrouping.

REVIEW

Add the fractions found on the same line. Simplify your answers if necessary.

3
10

1 3 5)
2 1
6 8

5 5
5
6 12

1 4 4)
7
5 5

1)
1 3)
1
6

2)

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 STUDY AND LEARN

1
Norie spent 2 hours helping her mother do
5
2
the household chores and 3 hours doing her
5
homework. How many hours did she spend in
all for these activities?

Let’s follow the steps below to answer the problem.

STEP 1 Read and understand the problem.

 What is asked in the problem?
The number of hours Norie spent helping her mother and doing
her homework.
 What are the given facts?
1
2 hours - time spent in helping her mother do household
5
chores.
2
3 hours - time spent doing her homework.
5

STEP 2 Plan.
 What shall we do to solve the problem?
We shall add.
 What is the number sentence?
1 2
2 + 3 =N
5 5

STEP 3 Solve.
1 2
2 + 3 =N
5 5

1
2 (The fractional parts are
5
2 similar fractions).
+3
5
3
5
5

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Norie spent 5 hours helping her mother do household chores and doing her homework.
5

Let’s have another word problem to solve.

2
Norie spent 1 hours doing her
3
3
homework in Math and hours in English.
4
How much time did she spend doing her
homework in the two subjects?

Let’s solve for the answer.

STEP 1 Understand the problem.

 What is asked in the problem?

The amount of time Norie spent doing her homework in the two
subjects.

STEP 2 Plan.

 What process are we going to use to solve the problem?

Addition

 What is the number sentence?

2 3
1 + =N
3 4

STEP 3 Solve.
(The fractional parts are
2 3
Let’s compute 1 + = N. dissimilar fractions. Change
3 4 them to similar fractions first).
2 8
1 =1
3 12
3 9
+ =
4 12

17 5 5 17 5
(This can still be simplified). 1 = 1+1 = 2 1 = 2
12 12 12 12 12

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Norie spent 2 hours doing her homework in the two subjects.
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TRY THESE

A. Read the following story problem. Answer the questions that follow.

3 1
Kevin walked 1 km and jogged 2 km. How many kilometers did he walk
4 2
and jog altogether?

1. What is asked in the problem?

a. The number of kilometers he jogged.

b. The number of kilometers he walked.
c. The number of kilometers he walked and jogged altogether.

2. What is the number sentence?

3 1
a. 1 + 2 =n
4 2
1 3
b. 2 - 1 = n
2 4
1 3
c. 2 x 1 = n
2 4

Mang Felipe picked two ripe papayas from the backyard. One papaya weighs
1 1
2 kilograms and the other weighs 2 kilograms. What is the total weight of the 2
4 2
papayas?

3. What shall we do to solve the problem?

a. add
b. subtract
c. multiply

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 4. What is the answer?

1 1 3
a. 4 kg b. 4 kg c. 4 kg
4 2 4

3 5 1
Norma traveled km to school, km to the store and km home. How
4 12 2
far did Norma travel?

5. Norma traveled
3 5
a. km and km
4 12
1 3
b. km and km
2 4
3 5 1
c. km, km and km
4 12 2

6. What process is involved in the problem?

a. addition
b. subtraction
c. multiplication

7. What is the answer?

1
a. 1 km
3
2
b. 1 km
3
3
c. 1 km
3

B. Read the story problem and solve for the answer.

3 5
1) Alvin spent of his savings on Monday and of his savings on Tuesday.
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What fraction of Alvin’s savings was spent for those two days?
1 1
2) Mother cooked 1 kilograms of beef for nilaga and 2 kilograms of chicken for
3 2
afritada. How many kilograms of meat did she cook in all?
3 1
3) Aling Maria bought 2 meters of cloth to make two blouses and 5 meters for
4 2
two pairs of pants. How many meters of cloth did she buy in all?

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 WRAP UP

In solving problems involving fractions, follow these steps:

Step 1: Understand the problem.

Step 2: Make a plan.
Step 3: Solve the problem.
Step 4: Review your answer.

ON YOUR OWN

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your solutions and answers in your
notebook.
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1. A recipe calls for 1 cups of milk and 4 cups of chicken broth. How many cups of
5 3
liquid are needed to make the dish?

17 2
a. 6 b. 6
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17 2
c. 5 d. 5
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2. Mang Anselmo has a vegetable farm. One-third of his farm is planted with tomatoes
1
and is planted with eggplants. What part of the vegetable garden is planted with
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tomatoes and eggplants?

1 5
a. b.
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c. d.
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3. Aling Miring harvested vegetables in her backyard. She harvested 2 kilograms of
2
3
patola, 1 kilograms of okra and 3 kilograms of eggplant. How many kilograms of
5
vegetable did she harvest in all?

1 1
a. 5 kg b. 6 kg
10 10
1 1
c. 7 kg d. 8 kg
10 10

5 2
4. Yeye ate of the pizza, while Ella ate of it. How much did they eat altogether?
8 8

7 6
a. b.
8 8
3 1
c. d.
8 8

1 1
5. Manuel weighs 28 kilograms, while Ruben and Jose weigh 26 kilograms and
2 5
3
29 kilograms, respectively. What is the total weight of the 3 boys?
4

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a. 84 kg b. 83 kg
12 12
9 5
c. 84 kg d. 83 kg
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