Fraction Word Problem

At a taffy pull, Greg stretched the taffy to 6 feet. Joey stretched it 1 1/3 times as far as Greg. Mary stretched it 2/3 as far as Greg. Which statement is true?

• Greg stretched it farther than Joey.

• Mary stretched it farther than Greg.

• Mary stretched it the same distance as Greg.

• Joey stretched it farther than Greg.

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5A

Mr. Camp is making banana bread. First he pours 1/8 of a cup of milk in a bowl. Then he added 1/4 of a cup of water. About how much milk and water did Mr. Camp use in the banana bread?

• a little less than half a cup

• a little more than half a cup

• a little less than a cup

• a little more than a cup

It takes Jim 2 3/4 hours to paint a deck. It takes Norman 3 1/8 hours to paint the same deck at another location. How much faster is Jim?

• 1-1/2

• 3/8

• 1-5/8

• 1-1/4

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

What is 1 - 1/10 - 1/4 - 2/5?

• 7/10

• 1/5

• 3/20

• 1/4

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Gary’s lemon cookie recipe calls for 2/5 of a cup of sugar. How much sugar would Gary use to make 1/2 of a batch of cookies?

• 3/7

• 9/10

• 1/5

• 4/5

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Tony drew a rectangle with side lengths of 2-1/2 units and 3/2 units. What is the area of the rectangle?

• 16/8

• 8/4

• 15/4

• 16/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4B

Monica and Ryan shared 36 cookies. Monica ate 1/6 of the cookies. Ryan ate 2/3 of the cookies. How many cookies did Monica and Ryan eat together?

• 6

• 24

• 30

• 36

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

The product of 2/3 and 4 is _____ than 4.

• less than

• greater than

• equal to

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

Which fraction makes the following number sentence true? ____x 9 > 9

• 6/7

• 9/9

• 1/2

• 4/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5A

Which fraction makes the following number sentence true? ____ x 5 < 5

• 1/12

• 3/2

• 4/4

• 10/5

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B