Practice adding and subtracting mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators, including problems that require regrouping.
Read each problem carefully. Find a common denominator when needed. Show your work in the space provided and simplify your answer when possible.
Practice combining whole numbers and fractions
Math - Grade 4-5
- 1
Find the sum: 2 1/4 + 1 2/4.
- 2
Find the difference: 4 5/6 - 2 1/6.
- 3
Add: 3 1/2 + 2 1/4.
- 4
Subtract: 5 3/4 - 1 1/2.
- 5
Find the sum: 1 2/3 + 2 5/6.
- 6
Find the difference: 6 1/5 - 3 4/5.
- 7
A hiking trail is 2 3/8 miles long. A second trail is 1 5/8 miles long. How many miles long are the two trails altogether?
- 8
Mia has 3 1/2 cups of flour. She uses 1 3/4 cups. How much flour does she have left?
- 9
Which is greater: 2 1/3 + 1 2/3 or 3 1/4 + 1/4? Show your work.
- 10
Subtract: 7 - 2 3/5.
- 11
Add: 2 2/3 + 4 1/6.
- 12
Subtract: 8 1/4 - 3 5/8.
- 13
Use a number line to add: 1 1/6 + 2 2/3.
- 14
A student says that 4 1/3 + 2 1/3 = 6 2/6. Explain the mistake and give the correct answer.
- 15
Write a story problem that can be solved with 5 1/2 - 2 3/4. Then solve it.