5.NF.6 - Word Problems

George has 1/3 pan of brownies. He eats 1/4 of them. What fraction did George eat?

• $\frac{1}{7}$

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{1}{12}$

A musician's hair was originally 3 inches long. She asked her hair dresser to cut 5 ⁄ 6 of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?

• $2\frac{3}{6}$

• 5

• $1\frac{2}{3}$

• 24

After a party there was 1 ⁄ 2 of a pizza leftover. If the George gave 1 ⁄ 2 of the leftover to Olivia, what fraction of the pizza did he give to her?

• $2\frac{3}{7}$

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• 9

• $\frac{1}{6}$

A geologist had two rocks on a scale that weighed 2 1 ⁄ 2 lbs together. Rock A was 1 ⁄ 7 of the total weight. How much did rock A weigh?

• $1\frac{3}{4}$

• $3\frac{2}{5}$

• $\frac{5}{14}$

• $\frac{2}{6}$

A soda shop owner told his employee to add 2 full cups and 1 ⁄ 5 of a cup of syrup to each gallon of soda. If there were 4 gallons of soda, how much syrup would be needed?

• 11

• $4\frac{3}{8}$

• 20

• $8\frac{4}{5}$

At the malt shop a large chocolate shake takes 2 ⁄ 3 of a pint of milk. If the medium shake takes 3 ⁄ 4 the amount of a large, how much does the medium shake take?

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{5}{8}$

• $\frac{6}{12}$

• 1

Kaleb stacked 2 pieces of wood on top of one another. If each piece was 2 ⁄ 3 of a foot tall, how tall was his pile?

• $1\frac{1}{3}$

• 1

• 2

• $\frac{11}{4}$

A batch of donuts required 3 2 ⁄ 3 pints of glaze. If a donut store was making 1 ⁄ 7 of a batch, how much glaze would they need?

• $\frac{1}{2}$

• $1\frac{2}{3}$

• 3

• $\frac{11}{21}$

For a party Paul bought cupcakes, with 5 ⁄ 7 being chocolate. Of the chocolate cupcakes 1 ⁄ 5 of them had sprinkles. What fraction of the cupcakes were chocolate with sprinkles?

• $\frac{5}{35}$

• $\frac{7}{5}$

• $3\frac{1}{7}$

• 5

Sam lived 4 miles from his school. If he rode his bike 2 ⁄ 7 of the distance and then walked the rest, how far did he ride his bike?

• $1\frac{1}{9}$

• 2

• $1\frac{1}{7}$

• $2\frac{2}{2}$