6.5 Fraction Word Problem

Ms. Groves has trays of paints for students in her art class. Each tray has 5 colors. One of the colors is purple. What fraction of the colors in 20 trays is purple?

1/5 = ?/20

• 4/5

• 1/5

• 4/20

• 5/20

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Ms. Anaya is planting a flower garden. The garden will have 12 equal sections. 3/4 of the garden will have daisies. What other fraction could represent the part of the garden that will have daisies?

3/4 = ?/12

• 3/4

• 3/12

• 4/12

• 9/12

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Two friends are knitting scarves. 2/3 of the scarves has stripes. There are 15 scarves. What other fraction could represent the number of scarves that have stripes?

2/3 = ?/15

• 10/3

• 10/15

• 3/15

• 2/15

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

Lisa is painting tiles. She has a total of 18 tiles. She wants to paint 2/3 of the tiles blue. What is another fraction that could represent the number of blue tiles Lisa will paint?

2/3= ?/18

• 5/18

• 3/18

• 2/18

• 12/18

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

Jim is making cookies. 4/5 of his cookies will be sugar cookies. If there are 25 cookies, what is another fraction that could represent the number of cookies that are sugar cookies?

4/5 = ?/25

• 20/25

• 4/25

• 5/25

• 20/20

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

Tim and Nancy are at the mall. The store owner said that 3/4 of the shirts in the store are black. If there are 24 shirts in the store, what is another fraction that could represent how many black shirts there are?

3/4 = ?/24

• 3/24

• 18/24

• 4/24

• 8/24

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

Ms. Pecoraro was counting Expo markers. She had total of 24 Expo markers. 1/4 of the markers were purple. What is another fraction that could represent how many purple markers there were?

• 6/24

• 3/24

• 4/24

• 8/24

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B