Adding and Subtracting Fractions Lesson

Find the difference:
$$\frac{3}{5}\ -\frac{1}{2}$$

Find the sum

$$\frac{3}{11}-\frac{1}{11}$$  

Once I have completed adding or subtracting fractions, I should always ____________ if possible.

$$6\ \frac{2}{4\ }-2\ \frac{2}{5}=$$  
Reduce if needed.

$$3\ \frac{5}{8}\ +6\ \frac{1}{2}\ =$$  

Answer in simplest form.

$$4\ \frac{2}{5}\ -\ 3\ \frac{4}{5\ }\ =$$  

$$6\ \frac{1}{4}\ -\ 3\ \frac{2}{4\ }\ =$$  

Daniel watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 1/2 of a yard and the spider crawled 1/8 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

Donny’s grandmother is making two recipes for Thanksgiving. The first needs  $$\frac{1}{4}$$    cup of flour and the second needs  $$\frac{5}{9}$$  cup of flour. How much flour will Donny’s grandmother need to make these two recipes? 

Simply Frosted sold   $$6\ \frac{1}{4}$$   loaves of cinnamon bread, and  $$3\ \frac{1}{4}\$$  loaves of raisin bread.  How many loaves of bread did they sell all together?