Fraction operations word problems

Jason is having a pizza party for his birthday. If he is having 20 friends over and they each eat 3/8 of a pizza, how many pizzas should he order for the party?

• $7\ \frac{1}{2}$

• $8$

• $19\ \frac{5}{8}$

• $53\ \frac{1}{3}$

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Jayme operates an ice cream stand. On Friday, she used 4 gallons of milk. On Saturday, she used  $1\ \frac{2}{3}$  times as many gallons as on Friday.  How many gallons of milk did she use on Saturday?

• 5

•  $2\ \frac{2}{5}$  

•  $5\ \frac{2}{3}$  

•  $6\ \frac{2}{3}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Debbie and Farrah each made lemonade. Farrah used  $3\ \frac{3}{4}$  times as much sugar as Debbie did. If Debbie used  $\frac{1}{2}$   of a cup of sugar, how many cups of sugar did Farrah use?

•  $3\ \frac{1}{4}$  

•  $4\ \frac{1}{4}$  

•  $1\ \frac{7}{8}$  

•  $7\ \frac{1}{2}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Simply Frosted sold   $6\ \frac{1}{4}$   loaves of cinnamon bread, and  $3\ \frac{1}{4}\$  loaves of raisin bread.  How many loaves of bread did they sell all together?

•  $20\ \frac{5}{16}$  

• 3

•  $1\ \frac{12}{13}$  

•  $9\ \frac{1}{2}$  

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Madelyn made a fruit salad with  $\frac{1}{4}$  of a pound of blueberries and  $\frac{5}{12}$  of a pound of strawberries.  How many pounds of berries were in the fruit salad?

•  $\frac{2}{3}$  

•  $\frac{1}{6}$  

•  $\frac{5}{48}$  

•  $1\ \frac{2}{3}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Ricky needed to buy the ice cream for his family dinner. He wants to buy enough ice cream so each of the 18 guests can have 3/4 of a pint of ice cream. How many pints should he buy?

• 14

• $13\ \frac{1}{2}$

• 24

• $18\ \frac{3}{4}$

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Ariel walked every day after school. In one week, she walked  $3\ \frac{1}{5}$  miles.  The next week, she walked  $2\ \frac{9}{10}\$  miles.  How many miles did Ariel walk in 2 weeks?

•  $1\ \frac{3}{29}$  

•  $5\ \frac{10}{15}$  

•  $6\ \frac{1}{10}\$  

•  $9\ \frac{7}{25}$  

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Josie collected 2/3 of a bin of cans to recycle. Dianne collected 9 times as many bins as Josie. How many bins of cans did Dianne collect?

• 6

• $8\ \frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{2}{27}$

• $9\ \frac{2}{3}$

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Mrs. Williams connected all of the jump ropes from her class to the jump ropes from Mrs. Jackson's class. If Mrs. Jackson had a total of   $8\ \frac{7}{12}$  feet of jump rope, and Mrs. Williams had a total of   $13\ \frac{3}{4}\$   feet of jump rope, how much did they have all together?

•  $5\ \frac{1}{6}$  

• 118

•  $22\ \frac{1}{3}$  

•  $1\ \frac{62}{103}$  

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Cordill Mason Elementary served  $7\ \frac{1}{4}$   gallons of ice cream to 1st grade,  $4\ \frac{1}{2}\$  gallons of ice cream to 2nd grade, and  $5\ \frac{3}{4}\$  gallons of ice cream to 3rd grade.  How much ice cream did they serve in all?

• 18

•  $17\ \frac{1}{2}$  

• 187

•  $25\ \frac{7}{8}$  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2