Unit Fraction Word Problems

How many one-third cup servings are in 6 cups of pecans?

• 1/18 cups

• 18 cups

• 6/3 cups

• 3/6 cups

A pet store had 4 cats to feed. If they only had 1/5 of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, how much would each cat get?

• 1/20 of a bag

• 20 bags

• 4/5 of a bag

• 5/4 bags

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A farmer was dividing up his 1/3 of an acre of land between his 5 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, how much land did each child get?

• 1/15 of an acre

• 15 acres

• 5/3 acres

• 3/5 of an acre

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A store had 4 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if each day they sold 1/5 of a box?

• 1/20 of a day

• 20 days

• 4/5 days

• 5/4 days

An artist was able to draw 1/7 of a picture every hour. If he needed to paint 8 pictures for an art show, how long would it take him?

• 1/56 of an hour

• 56 hours

• 8/7 hours

• 7/8 hours

A moving company had 1/6 of a ton of weight to move across town. If they wanted to split it equally with 4 trips, how much weight would they have on each trip?

• 6/4 of a ton

• 4/6 of a ton

• 1/24 of a ton

• 24 tons

An ice cream shop used one-fourth of a box of waffle cones every day they were open. How many days would 2 whole boxes last them?

• 8 days

• 1/8 of a day

• 2/4 days

• 2 days

A glass of water was 1/8 of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 3 liter jug?

• 1/24 of a glass

• 24 glasses

• 3/8 of a glass

• 8/3 glasses

A container of 8 metal beams weighed 1/4 of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount, how heavy was each?

• 1/32 of a ton

• 32 tons

• 2 tons

• 1/2 of a ton

An aquarium had 6 tons of fish food. How many months would it take them to use it all if they used 1/7 of a ton each month?

• 1/42 of a month

• 42 months

• 6/7 of a month

• 1 and 1/6 months