Fractions Word Problems Review

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

Sam uses 1 1/4 ounces of ham on each sandwich. If he makes 4 1/2 sandwiches, how much ham will he use?

• 5
• 5 5/8
• 5 3/4
• 4 5/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Caroline collected 3 ¹/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center. ²/₃ of the bags are plastic bottles.

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

• 1 bag

• 1 ¹/₆ bags

• 2 ¹/₆ bags

• 3 ¹/₄ bags

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30
• 1/2
• 1  7/30
• 1  13/30

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Kimberly has 80 coins in her collection. She shared 1/8 of her collection equally between two friends. How many coins did each friend receive?

• 5
• 10
• 25
• 30

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar. If the recipe is doubled, how much sugar is needed?

• 1
• 1 1/2
• 1  3/4 
• 2

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Simone gathered 3 1/3 pints of strawberries on Monday. She gathered 1/2 of that amount on Tuesday. How much did Simone gather on Tuesday?

• 6 2/3
• 3 1/6
• 2 5/6
• 1 2/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 7/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?

• 1/2

• 7/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 5/8

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Cindy’s family and Josh’s family each ordered a pizza. The two pizzas were the same size. Cindy’s family ate 3/4 of their pizza and Josh’s family ate 3/8 of their pizza.How much pizza did both families eat all together?

• 6/16
• 6/12
• 6/8
• 9/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Nancy had 1 1/2 boxes of bubble gum. Each box had 1/2 grape flavor and 1/2 strawberry flavor. How much of the gum was grape flavored?

• 1/2
• 3/4
• 1 box
• 2 box

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6