Fraction Word Problems for 5th Graders

If Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza and she eats 1/2 of it, how much pizza does she have left?

• 5/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/8

A recipe requires 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make half the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1/4 cup of sugar

• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 1/3 cup of sugar

• 2/3 cup of sugar

Tom read 5/8 of a book. If the book has 240 pages, how many pages did he read?

• 180 pages

• 200 pages

• 120 pages

• 150 pages

In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls. If there are 20 students in total, how many are girls?

• 12

• 8

• 15

• 10

A garden is 1/4 of an acre. If you want to plant flowers in 1/2 of the garden, how much area will be used for flowers?

• 1/2 acre

• 1/8 acre

• 1/4 acre

• 3/8 acre

Of the 125 children in 5th grade, three-fifths have a mobile phone. How many children do not have a mobile phone?

• 75

• 50

In a sale Gameboys are reduced by two-fifths. What is the sale

price if the original price was $50.00? (add currency symbol before the answer?

Money off coupons have been circulated to 300 households. Only 2/5 of these were redeemed (used) in the local supermarket to get a free shampoo. What fraction of coupons were unused? (Use / to express fraction)

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