5th grade mulltiply divide fraction word problems short 1

Carlos went to Kroger and spent $9.00. He spent 1/4 of his money on games. How much money was spent on games?

• 9/4 or 2 1/4

• 4/9

• $4.00

• $36/9 or $4.00

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Natalie bought 10 pizzas for a party. When the party was over, she noticed 1/5 of the pizza was gone. How much pizza did everyone eat at the party?

• 1/2 of pizza

• 2 pizzas

• none

• 1/5 of pizza

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

Chloe had 3/4 of a pizza left. Addie ate 1/6 of Chloe's pizza. How much pizza did Addie eat?

• 3/24 or 1/8 of the pizza

• 4/10 of the pizza

• 18/4 of the pizza

• 4/18 of the pizza

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

There is 3/4 of a pizza left over. 1/3 of the remaining pizza has pepperoni on it. How much of the pizzas has pepperoni on it? Simplify or reduce your answer!

• 1/4 the pizza

• 2/6 of the pizza

• 1/2 of the pizza

• 2 pizzas

A recipe calls for 2/5 of a pound of chicken for each person. If there are 8 people to be fed, how many pounds of chicken are required?

• 1/5 pound

• 3 1/5 pounds

• 2 2/5 pounds

• 20 pounds

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

The Valley High School printed 445 tickets for the school play in Spring.

3/5 of the tickets were sold out by January.

How many tickets remain to be sold?

(Hint: this is a 2-step word problem)

• 200 tickets

• 178 tickets

• 145 tickets

• 175 tickets

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Mrs. Corbett signed 1/2 of all the holiday cards and Mr. Corbett signed 3/8 of all of them. Mrs. Smith will sign the rest of them.

If there were 32 cards in all, how many are left to be signed by Mrs. Smith?

• 4 cards

• 12 cards

• 16 cards

• 28 cards

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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

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

• 1 1/12
• 1 1/6
• 2 1/6
• 3 1/12

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

The soccer team served  sports drinks after the game.  5/8 of the bottles had orange drink.2/3  as many had grape drink. What fraction of the bottles had grape drink?

• 7/12
• 5/16
• 15/16
• 5/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

George jogged 1 1/3 miles. Tim jogged 1/4 of the distance that George jogged. How far, in miles, did Tim jog? 

• 1/6
• 1/3
• 1 1/12
• 1 7/12

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6