Word Problems with Fractions

Two numbers have a sum of eight and one-fifth. One of the numbers is three and three-fourths. What is the other number?

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The Brown family had cereal for breakfast.

*Before breakfast there was 3/4 gallon of milk.

*The Brown's drank 1/2 of their milk at breakfast.

How many gallons of milk did the Brown family use for breakfast?

• 3/8

• 4/6

• 2/2

• 6/8

Seven and one-twelfth liters of punch need to be split among ten dinner guests. How much punch does each guest get?

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Tara baked 6 ½ dozen cookies. She sold 3 2/6 dozen of the cookies she made. How many dozens of cookies does Tara have remaining?

• 3 1/6

• 3 1/4

• 3 3/8

• 3 5/6

Joan and Mindy collect sea shells. Joan's bucket of shells weighed two and two-thirds pounds, and Mindy's bucket was three and one-fourth pounds. How much more does Mindy's bucket weigh than Joan's?

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• 12

• 24

• 32

Pete's puppy gains seven-tenths of a pound every month. How much weight has the puppy gained after three and a half months?

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• 9

• 6

In the relay race, Carlos ran his lap in two minutes flat, Raul ran his lap in three and one-tenth minutes, and Jessie finished for the squad in one and three-fifths minutes. What was the combined time for the squad?

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Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether?

• 19/24
• 3/24
• 1/2
• 3/11