Subtraction fractions problems
Number of problems found: 318
- The cost 7
The cost of a pen is Rs. 20/3 and that of a pencil is 25/6. Which costs more and by how much?
- Painting 9
Maria and Emme each had 4 pints of paint. On the first day of painting, Maria used 3/5 of her 4 pints of paint, and Emme used 3/4 of her 4 pints of paint. Altogether, how much of Maria and Emme’s paint remained after the first day of painting? Enter your
- Eighty 2
Eighty children went on a field trip. If three-fifths of them were boys, how many are girls?
- Cookies
Each large cookies is 5/6 oz. And each small cookie is 4/9 oz. What is the total weight of two large and one small cookie?
- There 23
There are 64 picture cards in this pile. 5 children each take the same number of cards. 24 cards are left over. How man cards does each Child take?
- Mother 13
Mother brought 4 1/8 kg of meat. She used 1 1/3 kg to cook kare for her family and 3/4 kg to make beef steak. How many kilograms of meat was left?
- Freddy
Freddy has £24 and Layla has £32. Freddy spends 11/12 of his money and Layla spends 7/8 of her money. How much more money does Layla spend than Freddy?
- Three 201
Three persons purchased a house, one of them paid 1/2 of the total cost, and other one paid 1/3 of the total cost. How much of the cost paid the third one?
- Cups of flour
You have 8 cups of flour. A recipe calls for ⅔ cup of flour. Another recipe calls for ¼ cup of flour. How much flour do you have left after making the recipes?
- Javelin
Danilo threw his javelin over a distance of 10 5/16 metres. Mark threw his javelin over a distance of 7 7/8 metres. How much farther did one javelin travel than the other?
- Sytiel
Sytiel used 3/10 of water in his tank to wash his car. he used 1/10 to water his plants. Now he using 5/10 for his laundry. How many parts of water in the tank did he used up?
- Solve 14
Solve fraction subtraction or addition: 1/2 - 1/4 = 4/6 + 2/3 = 5/8 + 3/12 = 1/9 + 2/3 = 8/9 - 7/12 = 11/12 - 3/8 = 2/3 - 2/7 = 3/4 - 3/9 = 3/8 - 1/6 = 3/5 - 4/8 = 2/6 - 1/12 = 3/8 + 3/4 = 5/6 + 4/9 = 1/4 + 3/10 = 6/20 + 4/25 = 6/6 + 1/3 =
- Three people
Three people eat 2 pizzas altogether. Both pizzas are the same size. One person eats 2/3 of a pizza. A second person eats 1/2 of a pizza. How much pizza does the third person eat?
- The melon
There was 1 3/6 melon left for dinner. At dinner time, the family ate 4/6 of the melon. What part of the melon was left for the next meal?
- Jerrie
Jerrie can repair her car in 1 1/12 hours. A mechanic can do the same job in 8/12 hour. How much longer does it take Jerrie to do the job?
- The mall
Pia spent 1 9/12 hours in her grandparents’ house. This was 8/12 of an hour more than the time she spent at the mall. How much time did she spend at the mall?
- You have 2
You have 6/13 of a pie. If you share 9/10, how much will you have left?
- Koos spent
Koos spent 3/7 of his monthly pocket money during the first week. The following week he spends two-thirds of what he spent the previous week. The fraction of the pocket money that is still left
- The fuel
The fuel of a car was ¾ full at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, there was ⅛ of tank left. a. Did the car use more or less than ½ of a tank of fuel? How do you know? b. How much more or less than ½ of a tank did it use? Show your work us
- Mrs. Rivera
Mrs. Rivera bought 9 and 3/4 m of curtain cloth. She used 5 m to make a curtain for the office window. How many meters of cloth were not used? Simplify your answer.
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