4th Grade Fractions Word Problems

Which pair of fractions is equivalent? (NF.1)

• 3/4 = 6/8

• 2/4 = 3/4

• 4/10 = 4/5

• 6/12 = 1/4

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3A

CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

Melissa divides a small table into 20 sections. She puts crayons in 14 of the sections. Which fraction is equivalent to the part of the table covered with crayons? (NF.1)

• 4/5

• 3/4

• 7/10

• 6/8

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Angel and some friends have ordered two pizzas. One is a medium sized pizza while the other is a large. Angel eats two slices of the medium sized pizza. Xander eats two slices of the large pizza. Angel says since they both ate 2/8 of a pizza they ate the same amount. Xander says he ate more. Who is correct?

• Angel is correct because both pizzas were cut into 8 pieces.

• They each ate 2 out of 8 pieces so they each ate 2/8; therefore they ate the same amount.

• They both ate 2/8, however the pizzas were not the same size so Angel ate more than Xander.

• They both ate 2/8, however the pizzas were not the same size so Angel ate less than Xander.

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Melanie and Noah are building a castle out of plastic building blocks. They will need 2 1/2 buckets of blocks for the castle they have in mind. Melanie used to have two full buckets of blocks but lost some and now has 1 3/4 buckets. Noah used to have two full buckets of blocks too, but now has 1 1/4 buckets. If Melanie and Noah combine their buckets of blocks, will they have enough to build their castle?

• No, they will only have 2/4 of a bucket.

• No, I can't do unlike denominators.

• Yes, they will have 2 4/4 of a bucket.

• Yes, they will have 3 buckets which is more than 2 1/2.

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Kaleb picked 2 3/4 pounds of peaches from the tree in his backyard. He gave 1 1/4 pounds to his neighbor Seidi. How many pounds of peaches does Kaleb have left?

• 1 1//2

• 1 /34

• 3 4/4

• 4

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Tamia needs 1/4 yard of fabric. Which fraction is equivalent to 1/4? (NF.1)

• 2/12

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 2/8

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CCSS.4.NF.A.1

CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Which set of fractions is ordered from greatest to least? (NF,2)

• 3/8<1/8<4/8
• 4/6 >  5/6>7/6
• 5/6>2/6>1/6
• 6/8>4/8>1/2

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CCSS.4.NF.A.2

Brooklynne's dad sells pencils online. He sells 6/8 of the pencils he has. Which gives the sum of 6/8?

• 2/8 + 3/8+ 2/8

• 1/8 + 2/8 + 3/8

• 3/4 + 3/4

• 1/2 +3/2

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3

Jacob filled an bathtub with 6/8 gallon of water. Soon he realized that there was only 4/8 gallon of water. How much water leaked out of the tub?

• 3/8

• 2/8

• 10/8

• 10/12

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A nickel is 1/20 of a dollar. Mason has 20 nickels. How much money does he have? (NF.3)

• $ 20

• $5

• $1

• $3

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

CCSS.4.NBT.B.5