Multiplying and Dividing Fractions - Word Problems

Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day.  If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

• 3/12 bucket
• 12 and ⅓ buckets
• 36 buckets
• 4 buckets

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

16 friends share 4 Pop-Tarts equally.  what fraction of a Pop-Tart does each friend get? 

• 4
• 2/4
• 1/8
• 1/4

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Zavier, Adiel, Stacy and Russell share three bags of candy equally.  What fraction of a bag does each boy get?

• 3/4 bag
• 4/3 bags
• 3/7 bags
• 1 and ⅓ bags

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Which scenario can be represented by 10 ÷ ⅕ ?

• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into 5 pieces.
• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into pieces that are 1/5 in long.
• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 1/5 inch long.  She cuts it into 10 pieces.
• Franny has 10 pieces of ribbon.  Each piece is 1/5 inch long.  

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TEKS.MATH.5.3L

True or false?
1/2 ÷ 7 = 14

• False
• True

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Find the area of a garden with the length of 3 1/2 yards and a width of 2/3 yards.

• 2 and 2/6 yards

• 3 and 8/2 yards

• 2/6 yards

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

A moving company had one-sixth of a ton of weight to move across town. If they wanted to split it equally amongst 4 trips, how much weight would they have on each trip?

• 6
• 1⁄ 24
• 24

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Twelve whole pizzas are eaten. Each person eats ¼ pizza. How many people eat pizza?

• 48 people 
• 16 people
• 8 people
• 3 people

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A field has a length of 6⅔ yds. and a width of 4¾ yds. What is the area of the field?

• 31 2/3 
• 31 1/3
• 31 3/5
• 31 5/6

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

Bradley had 1/2 of a pizza pie left over from a party. The next day he ate 3/5 of his leftovers. How much pizza did he eat the next day?

• 4/7
• 3/10
• 4/5
• 3/7

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2