Fraction Word Problems

Isabela got

 $1\ \ \frac{2}{3}$   pounds of candy from trick-or-treating. Her sister got  $2\ \frac{4}{5}$   pounds. How much more did her sister get? 

• 1 2/15 pounds

• 4 7/15 pounds

• 4 2/3 pounds

• 1 2/2 pounds

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Farmer Brown has a turkey farm.  $\frac{1}{2}$  of his turkeys are male, and  $\frac{1}{3}$  of the male turkeys are considered tall. What fraction of Farmer Brown's turkeys are male and tall? 

• 5/6 of the turkeys

• 1/6 of the turkeys

• 1 1/2 of the turkeys

• 1/3 of the turkeys

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Carson has  $\frac{5}{6}$  of a pumpkin pie. She splits it into three equal pieces to share with her friends. What fraction of pie will each of her friends get? 

• 3 5/6 pieces of pie

• 5/18 of the pie

• 2 1/2 pieces of pie

• 1/3 of the pie

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

Anna bought 7 yards of fabric to make a dress. She used  $5\ \frac{4}{9}$   yards for her dress. How many yards of fabric does she have left? 

• 2 4/9 yards of fabric

• 2 5/9 yards of fabric

• 1 4/9 yards of fabric

• 1 5/9 yards of fabric

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Tony rode his bike  $4\ \frac{1}{2}$  miles from his house to the woods. Then, he rode  $9\ \frac{3}{4}$  miles from the woods to the lake. Then, he rode 10 more miles back home. What is the total distance he traveled? 

• 23 4/6 miles

• 23 3/8 miles 

• 24 1/4 miles

• 23 1/4 miles

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

There are 50 kids who entered the corn maze.  $\frac{4}{5}$  of the kids successfully made it through the corn maze in 20 minutes. How many kids made it through the corn maze in 20 minutes? 

• 20 kids

• 40 kids

• 4/5 kids

• 25 kids

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

A hot chocolate recipe calls for $\frac{3}{4}$  cups of milk. Thomas halves the recipe. How much milk does he need?

• 3/4 of a cup of milk

• 1 1/2 cups of milk 

• 3/8 of a cup of milk 

• 1/3 of a cup of milk

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Krishna has $3\frac{3}{8}$ pounds of fruit.  $\frac{1}{3}$  of the fruit is bananas.  His friend, Bandana, gives him another  $1\frac{1}{2}$ pounds of bananas. How many pounds of bananas does Krishna have now? 

•  $4\ \frac{13}{24}$  pounds of bananas

•  $1\ \frac{5}{6}$  pounds of bananas

•  $2\frac{5}{8}$  pounds of bananas

•  $5\ \frac{5}{24}$  pounds of bananas

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

You have  $3\ \frac{1}{4}$ pounds of candy. Your friend has  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  times the amount of candy you have. How much candy does your friend have? 

•  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  pounds of candy 

•  $4\ \frac{7}{8}\$ pounds of candy

•  $3\ \frac{1}{8}$  pounds of candy

•  $2\ \frac{1}{6}$   pounds of candy

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Kyle wants to run  $16\ \frac{1}{2}$  miles this total this month. He runs  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  in one day. How many days will it take him to reach his goal? 

• 18 days
  

• 15 days

• 24 3/4 days

• 11 days

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1