Fraction Word Problem

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Ricky needed to buy the ice cream for his family dinner. He wants to buy enough ice cream so each of the 18 guests can have 3/4 of a pint of ice cream. How many pints should he buy?

• 14

• 24

Josie collected 2/3 of a bin of cans to recycle. Dianne collected 9 times as many bins as Josie. How many bins of cans did Dianne collect?

• 6

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Anya is planting a garden with Sarah. Sarah wants to make the garden into 9 equal rows and plant corn in 3/9 or 1/3 of the garden. What fraction of the garden will be left for other vegetables?

• 1

• 6/9 or 2/3

• 4/9

• 5/9

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

USE SCRATCH PAPER AND SOLVE THIS WORD PROBLEM:

The classroom made cookies. They used 1 1/4 cups of white flour for the chocolate chip cookies. They used 2 1/3 cups of flour for peanut butter cookis. How much flour did they use in total?

• 3 2/7 cups

• 3 7/12 cups

• 1 1/12 cups

• 1 2/7 cups

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

USE SCRATCH PAPER AND SOLVE THIS MULTI-STEP PROBLEM: The 5th and 6th Grade Center served pizza on Tuesday. First Lunch Shift ate 2/5 of the pizzas. Second Lunch Shift ate 3/10 of the pizzas. How much pizza was remaining for Third Lunch Shift?

• 3/5

• 15/50

• 5/15

• 2/50

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

• 2/5
• 5/6
• 4/6
• 1/5

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What is the first step in solving this problem? 
⅘ + ½ =

• Add the top parts of the fraction

• Rewrite the fractions in the simplest form. 

• Find a common denominator. 

• Make each fraction into an improper faction. 

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What must you have to add and subtract fractions?

• Common numerators

• Different numerators

• Different denominators

• Common denominators

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

What is the least common denominator you could use to subtract 1/3 and 1/4?

• 3

• 4

• 24

• 12