Mixed Rational Number Word Problems

A stack of boards is 21″ high. Each board is 1¾″ thick. How can you find the number of boards?

• 21 × 1¾
• 1¾ ÷ 21
• 21 ÷ 1¾

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

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 21-foot long rope is cut into 3/8-foot pieces. Which expression finds the number of pieces?

• 21 ÷ 3/8
• 21 × 3/8
• 3/8 ÷ 21
• 21 − 3/8

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

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

Seane buys a 30 lb bag of dog food. His dog eats 0.4 lb of food, how many times will he be able to feed his dog with the 30 lbs of food?

• 12 dogs

• 56 dogs

• 89 dogs

• 75 dogs

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

There are 12 yards of fabric. Each pillow uses 2/3 yard. How many pillows can be made?

• 8 pillows
• 12 pillows
• 18 pillows

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

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

Simone purchased a case of 24 bottles of orange juice. Each bottle contains 8.4 ounces of orange juice. How many ounces of orange juice are in the entire case

Simone purchased?

• 216

• 2.106

• 20.16

• 201.6

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

In Maddie’s garden, 1/3 of her plants are tomatoes. Of those tomatoes, 2/5 of them are ripe. What fraction of the plants are ripe tomatoes?

• 2/8
• 3/15
• 3/8
• 2/15

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Two-thirds of the students in your class are boys. One-eighth of the boys play soccer. What fraction of the kids in your class are boys who play soccer? 

• 3/11
• 1/4
• 1/12
• 1/5

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6