Fraction Percent Decimal Word Problems

You have 2/3 of a pumpkin pie left over from Thanksgiving. You want to give 1/2 of it to your sister. How much of the whole pumpkin pie will this be? 

• 1/5
• 1/4
• 1/3 
• 1/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Solve:
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

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 17 problems
• 24 problems
• 20 problems
• 18 problems

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 42 teachers that work in a school.  On Friday, 29 teachers were present.  What percent of the teachers showed up for work? 

• 50%
• 69%
• 55%
• 80%

Tags

CCSS.HSF-LE.A.1B

Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Solve this problem:
A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food.  Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food.  How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog bowl?

• 6
• 2/3
• 1 and 2/3
• 2 and 1/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Subtract: 2 1/4 - 1 3/4

• 1 2/4
• 2/4
• 9/4
• 7/4

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

 3 ⅓ + (-2¾)

• 7/12
• -7/12
• 1 5/12
• -1 5/12

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Jada ate 3/8 of a pizza and Isaiah ate 1/4 of the pizza. How much pizza did they eat in all?

• 1/2
• 5/8
• 3/4
• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Aryana jogged 3  5/7 km.  His sister jogged  2  4/5 km.  How much farther did Aryana jog than his sister?

• 5 9/35 km
• 28/35 km
• 1 1/35km
• 32/35 km

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C