Word Problems with Fractions

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

You have three pounds of hamburger. How many 1/4 pound hamburgers can be made from this amount of meat? 

• 1  1/4
• 6
• 8
• 12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Kelly has 2 1/2 feet of fabric, she needs 1/4 of a foot to make each ribbon.  How many ribbons can she make?

• 5
• ⅝
• 10
• 12

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie. Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie. What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

• 5/8
• 4/8 or 1/2
• 2/8 or 1/4
• 3/8

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Nora hiked 8  1/3 miles on Monday and 5  3/4 miles on Tuesday.  What was the total number of miles Nora hiked on Monday and Tuesday?

• 13   1/12 miles
• 13   4/7 miles
• 14   1/12 miles
• 14   1/4 miles

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Joe has 3 pounds of clay. He uses 1/6 of it to make a vase. How much clay is left?

• 2  1/2 pounds
• 1/2 of a pound
• 1/6 of a pound
• 2  5/6 pounds

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Olivia set aside 5/6 of an hour for homework after school each day. How many hours of homework does she do in 5 days?

• 3 1/2 hours
• 4 1/2 hours
• 4 1/6 hours
• 50 minutes

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Sue eats 3/8 of a cherry pie.  Jan eats 1/4 of what was LEFT.  How much of the pie did Jan eat?

• 3/32
• 4/12
• 5/32
• 8/10

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Two-thirds of the students in your class are boys. One-eighth of the boys play soccer. What fraction of the kids in your class are boys who play soccer? 

• 3/11
• 1/4
• 1/12
• 1/5

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

7 x 1⅖ will be __________________ 7.

• greater than
• less than 
• equal to

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B