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Three friends are having a cupcake eating competition. The winner eats of the tray of cupcakes.The runner-up eats of the tray of cupcakes. The person in last place only manages to eat of the tray of cupcakes before feeling ill. What fraction of the tray of cupcakes did they eat altogether?

Polly gives her pet rabbits a bucket of carrots.

The rabbits munch of the bucket of carrots.

What fraction of the bucket of carrots is left over?

1 8

4 8

2 8

3 8

Peter loves to eat biscuits.

On Monday, he devours of a packet.

On Tuesday, he scoffs of a packet.

What fraction of the packet of biscuits does he eat altogether?

2 9

4 9

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Sally has made a delicious mushroom pizza.

She eats of the pizza.

What fraction of the pizza is left over?

Tim and Sarah are painting old chairs.

They use of a tin of paint on one chair and of a tin on another.

What fraction of the tin of paint did they use altogether?

Jessica is wrapping birthday presents for her daughter.

She uses of a roll of paper to wrap a doll’s house.

She uses of the roll to wrap a ball.

What fraction of the roll of wrapping paper does she use altogether?

3 12

5 12

2 7

4 7

2 5

Tony and his dad are making a wooden playhouse.

They use of a pile of wood for the walls.

They use of the pile for the roof.

What fraction of the wood is left over?

3 15

9 15

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Meg is making cups of hot chocolate.

She uses of the packet of marshmallows in the first cup.

She uses of the packet of marshmallows in the second cup.

What fraction of the marshmallows are left over?

Matt and his sister are decorating the house for a birthday party.

They use of the bag of balloons outside the house and

of the bag on the inside of the house.

What fraction of the bag did they use altogether?

Allan has a new book of poems to read.

He reads of the poems on Saturday.

He reads of the poems on Sunday.

He reads of the poems on Monday.

What fraction of the poems did he read altogether?

4 102 10

6 20

3 154 155 15

12 20

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Add and Subtract Fractions Answer Sheet

Christmas Code Hunter Add and Subtract Fractions

Recording Sheet

Card Number Answer

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Card Number Answer

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

6 8

4 8

6 9

8 12

3 15

4 10

18 20

12 15

6 7

3 5

3 4

or of the tray of cupcakes

or a bucket of carrots

or of a packet of biscuits

or of a tin of paint

or of the wood

or of the marshmallows

or of the bag of balloons

or of the book of poems

of a roll of wrapping paper

of the pizza

1 2

2 3

2 3

1 5

2 5

9 10

4 5

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