Applications: Word Problems

Samantha is planting a garden that is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. She wants to split the garden into 1/3 sections. Which model represents this garden?

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John and his family ordered 2 pizzas. Each pizza is cut into 4 slices. What fraction represents the amount of slices per pizza John ate, if he at 7 slices.

• 1/2
• 3/4
• 5/8
• 7/4

Emma is organizing a charity event and has 12 red balloons and 18 blue balloons. What is the simplified fraction that represents this situation.

• 1/2
• 2/3
• 4/5
• 3/4

Jason has 24 red marbles and 36 blue marbles. She wants to group the marbles into smaller sets where each set has the same number of red and blue marbles. What is the greatest common factor of the marbles?

• 24
• 18
• 6
• 12

Daniel is building a bookshelf and measures one side at 11/4 yards of wood. However, he prefers to measure the wood in mixed numbers. How many yards of wood does he need in mixed number form?

Emma is running a marathon and tracks her distances over three days. On the first day, she runs 4.65 miles. On the second day, she runs 5.805 miles, and on the third day, she runs 3.7 miles. How many miles did Emma run in total over the three days?

• 14.155 miles
• 13.8 miles
• 15.2 miles
• 12.5 miles

Jacob is reading a 50 page book and tracks how much he reads each day. On the first day, he reads 12.6 pages. On the second day, he reads 7.05 pages. How many pages does Jacob have left to read after the second day?

• 35.75
• 25.5
• 30.35
• 40.2

Lily is making a fruit salad. She adds 2/3 cup of strawberries and 1/4 cup of blueberries to the bowl. How much fruit does she have in total?

• 3/4 cups
• 5/6 cups
• 1 cup
• 11/12 cups

Ethan is building a model airplane. He has a piece of wood that is 5/6 of a yard long. After cutting off a piece that is 2/3 of a yard, how much wood does Ethan have left?

• 1/2 of a yard
• 2/3 of a yard
• 3/6 of a yard
• 1/6 of a yard

Sophia is organizing a party and is arranging snacks for her guests. She has two types of snacks: crackers and cheese. She has 3/4 of a bag of crackers and 5/6 of a block of cheese. To prepare the snacks, she needs to combine the crackers and cheese into equal-sized servings.

What is the least common denominator so that Sophia can combine them into equal servings?

• 15
• 12
• 10
• 8