Operations with Fractions

Cathleen planned to walk her dog for 3/4 of a mile. After it started to rain, she decided to walk only 1/2 of that distance. What fraction of a mile did Cathleen walk her dog?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 4/6

• 4/8

Carmen put new tile on 1/4 of her bathroom floor. She then put new carpet on 5/8 of another section of the same floor. What fraction of the bathroom floor is covered with new tile and new carpet?

• 5/8

• 7/8

• 4/12

• 6/12

Nan lives 13 1/2 miles from the airport. Felipe lives 6 1/4 miles from the airport. How many more miles does Nan live from the airport than Felipe?

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Ms. Brown asked her students to simplify the expression below.

2/3 + 1/4

What is the simplified version of Ms. Brown's expression?

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For a science experiment, Ricky pours 1/2 cup of baking soda into 8 containers. He pours the same amount of baking soda into each container. How many cups of baking soda does Ricky pour into each container?

• 1/16

• 1/10

• 1/6

• 1/4

Anthony brings 4 bags of popcorn to a meeting. The bags of popcorn are all the same size. There are 14 people at the meeting. Each person eats the same amount of popcorn, and all of the popcorn is eaten. What fraction of a bag of popcorn did each person eat?

• 2/5

• 2/7

• 5/7

• 7/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Mr. Murphy has 8 pounds of ground beef. He is making burgers that each use 1/4 pound of ground beef. What is the greatest number of burgers Mr. Murphy can make?

• 2

• 4

• 12

• 32

The table lists the number of pints of blueberries that are needed for two different recipes.

Each recipe makes one batch. A cook decides to make a half batch of each recipe. Which pair of statements about the recipes is true?

• Both recipe L and recipe M use less than 1 pint each.

  The cook needs less than 1 pint of blueberries to make both half batches.

• Both recipe L and recipe M use more than 1 pint each.

  The cook needs more than 1 pint of blueberries to make both half batches.

• Recipe L uses less than 1 pint and recipe M uses more than 1 pint.

  The cook needs less than 1 pint of blueberries to make both half batches.

• Recipe L uses less than 1 pint and recipe M uses more than 1 pint.

  The cook needs more than 1 pint of blueberries to make both half batches.

Mr. Ortega took turns driving on a day trip with some friends. He drove for 2 hours, which was 1/4 of the time they drove for the trip altogether. For how many hours did Mr. Ortega and his friends drive in all?

• 1/8

• 1/2

• 2

• 8

Pat has a ribbon that is 13 feet long. Pat cuts the ribbon into 4 equal parts. What is the length, in feet, of each part of Pat’s ribbon?

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