Fractions from Word Problems

Naya made muffins for her children. She made 3/6 of a pack of muffins. She gave the muffins equally to 5 children. How much of a pack of muffins will each child get?

• 30/3
• 10
• 3/30
• 1/10

7 friends bought 3/4 of a kilogram of the French fries. How much of a kilogram of French fries will each friend get?

• 3/28
• 28/3
• 9 1/3
• 7

Tyler bought a box of pastries. He wants to share this box with his 18 students. The box has 2/9 of a pound of pastries. How much of the pastries will each student get?

• 2/162 of a pound
• 81 parts of a pound
• 1/81 of a pound
• 4 parts of a pound

Aileen has 2/8 of a sack of crackers. She divides them equally among 20 children. How much of the crackers will each child get?

• 1/80 of the sack
• 80 crackers
• 5 crackers
• 2 2/4 of the sack

Natalia has 3/4 of a gross of pearl bracelets. She divides the pearl bracelets among 5 friends. How much of the pearl bracelets will each friend get?

• 3 1/2
• 3/20
• 6 1/3
• 3 2/4

Dalton has 2/7 of a crates of straws. He divides them equally among 14 children. How many straws will each child get?

• 1/49
• 4
• 49
• 1/14

Morgan has 6/8 of a bag of jelly beans. She wants to share the candy with 7 friends. How much of the bag will each friend get?

• 6/56
• 5 1/4
• 9 2/6
• 3/28

Mr. Moloney bought a box of pencil sharpeners. He wants to pass this box out to 14 students. The box has 5/8 of a pound of sharpeners. How much of the sharpeners will each of the students get?

• 8 1/2
• 8 3/4
• 5/112
• 22 2/5

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Paxton ate 1/5 of a moose pie. Drew at 3/10 of the moose pie and Drew at 1/10 of the moose pie. How much of the pie did they eat in all? Simplify your answer.

• 5/10 moose pie
• 5/25 moose pie
• 6/10 moose pie
• 2/5 moose pie

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Riley drank 1/12 of a slug shake. Kaosi drank 1/3 of the slug shake and Noah drank 1/4 of the slug shake. How much of the slug shake did the boys drink in all? Simplify your answer.

• 2/3 of the slug shake
• 4/6 of the slug shake
• 8/12 of the slug shake
• 3/18 of the slug shake

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2