4th Grade Fractions Word Problems

Dennis and Cody are building a castle out of plastic building blocks. They will need 2 1/2 buckets of blocks for the castle they have in mind. Dennis used to have two full buckets of blocks but lost some and now has 1 3/4 buckets. Cody used to have two full buckets of blocks too, but now has 1 1/4 buckets. If Dennis and Cody combine their buckets of blocks, will they have enough to build their castle?

• No, they will only have 2/4 of a bucket.
• No, I can't do unlike denominators.
• Yes, they will have 2 4/4 of a bucket.
• Yes, they will have 3 buckets which is more than 2 1/2.

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Alfredo picked 2 3/4 pounds of peaches from the tree in his backyard. He gave 1 1/4  pounds to his neighbor Madeleine. How many pounds of peaches does Alfredo have left?

• 1 1//2
• 1 /34
• 3 4/4
• 4

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Brianna filled an bathtub with 6/8 gallon of water.  Soon she realized that there was only 4/8 gallon of water.  How much water leaked out of the tub?

• 3/8
• 2/8
• 10/8
• 10/12

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Rodger and Adam were training for the Shamrock marathon. Yesterday Rodger ran 2 5/6 miles and Adam ran 1 2/3 miles. How much farther did Rodger run yesterday?

• 1 1/6 miles

• 1 1/3 miles

• 4 3/6 miles

• 1 3/6 miles

Mr. Jenkins baked a pizza. His sons ate 1/3 of the pizza, and 2/4 were given to the neighbor. What fraction of the pizza is gone? Simplify your answer.

• 1/6 of the pizza

• 10/12 of the pizza

• 5/6 of the pizza

• 2/12 of the pizza