Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers (5th Grade)

Question 1

What is the sum? 3 1/2 + 1 1/3?

Accepted Answer

4 5/6

Question 2

What is the sum? 4 1/2 + 1 1/4

Accepted Answer

5 3/4

Question 3

What is the difference? 2 1/4 - 1 3/8?

Accepted Answer

7/8

Question 4

Cal's tree is 4 1/3 ft tall. Jeff's tree is 2 2/3 ft tall. How much taller is Cal's tree?

Accepted Answer

1 2/3 ft

Question 5

What is the sum of 1 7/8 + 1 1/8?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 6

Miami gets an ave. of 5 6/10" rain in Oct. and 2 7/10" rain in Nov. What's the total rainfall?

Accepted Answer

8 3/10 in.

Question 7

Jay's cat weights 12 3/8 #. Jill's cat weighs 11 3/4 #. How much more does Jay's cat weigh?

Accepted Answer

5/8#

Question 8

Which of these sums is greater than 1?

Accepted Answer

4/5 + 5/8

Question 9

What is 8 1/2 + 6 3/8?

Accepted Answer

14 7/8

Question 10

Lisa played soccer for 2 3/4 hr on Sat. & 1 3/5 hr on Sun.How many hrs did she play altogether?

Accepted Answer

4 7/20 hr

Question 11

Which of these sums is less than 1?

Accepted Answer

1/3 + 1/8

Question 12

What is the difference? 3 1/2 - 1 1/3

Accepted Answer

2 1/6

Question 13

What is the difference? 1 7/8 - 1 1/8

Accepted Answer

6/8 or 3/4

Question 14

What is the difference? 4 1/2 - 1 1/4?

Accepted Answer

3 1/4

Question 15

Which of these sums is less than 1?

Accepted Answer

1/5 + 3/8

Question 16

A contractor mixed 4/7 ton of sand and 1/3 ton of concrete. How much did the mixture weigh?

Accepted Answer

19/21 ton

Question 17

Sam needs to walk 8 1/2 blocks. She has walked 5 5/6. How many more does she have to walk?

Accepted Answer

2 2/3 blocks

Question 18

What is the sum? 2 1/4 + 1 3/8

Accepted Answer

3 5/8

Question 19

Dan read 4 1/6 books.Omar read 1 5/6 books. How many more did Dan read than Omar?

Accepted Answer

2 1/3 books

Question 20

Ken has 3 5/8 pages of math left to do. Lyn has 2 7/8 pages. How many more pages does Ken have?

Accepted Answer

3/4 page

Questions 20