Fraction Word Problems

Fraction Word Problems 2

Multiple Choice

The answer to a multiplication problem
5 x 2 = 10

• Product
• Quotient
• Sum
• Difference

Multiple Choice

Getting bigger, growing

• Increase
• Decrease
• Equal
• Less

Multiple Choice

Of  (ex: Find 1/2 of 24)

• Add (+)
• Subtract (-) 
• Multiply (x) 
• Divide (÷)

Multiple Choice

The total amount (add)
5 + 2 = 10

• Difference
• Sum
• Product 
• Quotient

Multiple Choice

Mike purchased 4.5 pounds of grass seed. The grass seed cost $1.22 per pound. How much did Mike spend on grass seed?

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division

Multiple Select

Raj finds 37 acorns in his front yard. He finds 29 acorns in his backyard. How many acorns does Raj find in all? What is the key word? What operation does it help me solve?

• how many

• finds

• in all

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Select

Nita has 14 grapes. She eats 6 grapes. How many grapes are left? What is the key word? What operation it will help you solve?

• how many

• eats

• grapes

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Select

Shelby had 32 rocks. She finds 33 more rocks at the park and gives 28 rocks to George. How many rocks does she have now? What are the key words? Choose more than one. What are the operations it help you solve?

• finds more

• how many

• gives to

• Addition only

• Addition and subtraction

Multiple Select

21 frogs are in the pond. 2 frogs hop away. Then 15 more frogs hop away. How many frogs are left in the pond? What are the key words? Choose more than one. What operation does it help you solve?

• hop away

• how many

• left

• addition

• subtraction

Multiple Choice

What does C stand for in Cubes?

• Cucumber

• Climb

• Circle

• Cut

Multiple Choice

What do you Circle when using Cubes?

• The Key Words (Action Words)

• The Question

• The Numbers

Multiple Choice

What does U stand for in Cubes?

• Underline

• Up

• Udder

• Understand

Multiple Choice

What do you Underline when using CUBES?

• The Question

• The Numbers

• The Key Words (Action Words)

Multiple Choice

What does B stand for in CUBES

• Butterfly

• Box

• Bump

• Beautiful

Multiple Choice

What are you supposed to Box when using CUBES?

• The Numbers

• The Key Words (Action Words)

• The Question

Multiple Choice

What does E stand for in CUBES

• Evaluate and Eliminate

• Expel and Exercise

• Equal and Everything

• Educate and Effect

Multiple Choice

What do you have to do when Evaluating and Eliminating in CUBES?

• Put into steps what you are supposed to do and get rid of unnecessary information

• Add everything in the problem

• Subtract everything in the problem

• Multiply everything in the problem

Multiple Choice

What is the extra information in this problem?

Nancy bought 270 crayons that came in packs of 15. There were 4 colors of crayons. How many packs of crayons did Nancy buy?

• Nancy bought 270 crayons

• The crayons came in packs of 15

• There were 4 colors of crayons

• There is no extra information

Multiple Choice

Using the CUBES strategy, what would you BOX in the following problem:

Sally has 7 red balloons and 4 green balloons. Melanie has 4 times more red balloons than Sally. How many red balloons does Melanie have now?

• Red

• Times

• Green

• Now

Multiple Choice

What information would you ELIMINATE in the following problem:

Dan, Tim, John and Sam each have two Pokemon cards. Tim has four baseball cards. How many Pokemon cards do they have in all?

• Dan, Tim, John and Sam each have two Pokemon cards

• Tim has four baseball cards

• How many Pokemon cards do they have in all?

• We need all of this information

Multiple Select

In the following problem, what would you CIRCLE:

Tom has 12 dozen golf balls and 35 are used. How many golf balls does he have?

*There is more than one correct answer*

• Twelve dozen

• 35

• Used

• How many

Multiple Choice

Sandra spent $16 on a welcome mat. Ellen spent half as much on a kitchen mat. How much did they spend altogether?

• 8
• 14
• 24
• 32

Multiple Choice

Ms. Angela received 51 birthday cards. She received 18 fewer birthday gifts than cards. How many cards and gifts did she receive?

• 33
• 84
• 69
• 100

Multiple Choice

Steven has 4 bags of erasers. Each bag has 9 erasers in it. Steven shares the erasers between himself and 5 friends. How many erasers does each child get?

• 4
• 6
• 8
• 18

Multiple Choice

The fourth-grade class collected 200 books to donate to the children’s hospital. They collected four times as many books as the fifth-grade class collected. How many books did the fifth-grade class collect?

• 40
• 50
• 100
• 150