1. Adding and Subtracting Fraction word problem

2. Example 1:-
Sanju covered 1/5 kms by walk and 4/7 kms by bus. What is the total distance covered by Sanju?
Solution:-
Distance covered by walk =
Distance covered by bus =
Total distance =
Ans: Total distance covered by Sanju =
By taking LCM

3. Example 2:-
A milk can contains 3/ 4 litres of milk. 2/3 litres of milk leaked from the can. How much milk is left in the can?
Solution:-
Total litres of milk =
Amount of milk leaked =
Remaining milk left in the can =
Ans: Remaining milk left in the can
By taking LCM

4. For Proper fraction there is not need to converted to mixed fraction
Example 3:- Saravanan’s father bought 2¾m, 2½m and 1¼m.
Find the total length of the cloth bought by him?
Solution:-
Total length of the cloth
Step1:- First, we add whole number part of mixed number = = 5m
Step2:- Add the fraction part of mixed number
Taking common denominator as 4 3
is an improper fraction 2
Convert it into mixed number
For Proper fraction there is not need to converted to mixed fraction

5. Step3 : Add the whole number and the mixed fraction we got from Step 1 and Step 2
Ans: - The total length of the cloth bought by him is

6. The quantity of milk left over
Example 4:-
One day Anita's mother bought 5½ liters of milk. She used only 3¼ liters of milk to prepare payasam. How much is left?5½-3¼.
Solution:-
In the above situation, find the quantity of milk left over. So, subtract 3¼ from 5½.
The quantity of milk left over
Here, note that 5 > 3 and ½ > ¼. The whole numbers 5 and 3 and the fractional numbers ½ and ¼ can be subtracted separately.
Since the equivalent of fraction of ½ is

7. Try These
A juice can contains 2/3 litres of juice. Harini frank ½ litres. How much juice is left in the can?
Rajini covered 1 ¼ kms by walk, 2/3 kms by car and 5 ¾ kms by bus. What is the total distance covered?