Fractions Word Problems Review

Mrs. Finch needs 3 and 1/8 cups of sugar for her Christmas cookies. She only has 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar in the pantry. How much more sugar does Mrs. Finch need?

• 1 and 3/8 cups

• 1 and 5/8 cups

• 2 cups

• 1 and 1/2 cups

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

The fifth grade students in Mrs. Mossburg's class had a fundraiser selling book boxes. Eight of the students sold 3/4 of a box of books. How many whole book boxes did the students sell?

*Hint: Remember "OF" means multiply with fractions*

• 24 boxes

• 6 boxes

• 9 boxes

• 3 boxes

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Pizzas were placed on tables for a party. There were 9 tables and guests ate exactly 1/3 of the pizza on each table. How many whole pizzas did the guests eat?

• 2 pizzas

• 3 pizzas

• 4 pizzas

• 5 pizzas

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Alexis had 15 pop-its. She gave 1/5 of them to Layla. How many pop-its did Alexis give away?

• 3 pop its

• 5 pop its

• 7 pop its

• 9 pop its

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Mrs. Betts has 12 pizzas for a class party! However, she only needs 3/4 of them for the party, she ordered too many. How many pizzas does Mrs. Betts need for the party?

• 7 pizzas

• 8 pizzas

• 9 pizzas

• 10 pizzas

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Andy has 6 dogs. Each dog eats 2/3 of a can of dog food each morning for breakfast. How many cans of dog food do Andy's dogs eat each morning?

• 10 cans

• 2 cans

• 6 cans

• 4 cans

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Alex has a total of 12 pies to serve. He has already served 2 and 2/3 apple pie, 3 and 3/4 cherry pie, & 2 and 1/2 peach pie.

How much pie does Alex HAVE LEFT to serve?

• 3 and 23/12

• 4 and 11/12

• 3 and 1/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jack used 2 and 1/4 boxes of pencils this nine weeks. Last nine weeks, Jack used 6 boxes of pencils. How many more pencils did Jack use last nine weeks than this nine weeks?

• 3 boxes of pencils

• 2 and 3/4 boxes of pencils

• 3 and 3/4 boxes of pencils

• 4 boxes of pencils

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Lanie has 2 full bags of chocolate chips to make cookies and pies. She used 1 and 3/8 bags to make cookies and 1/4 of a bag to make a pie. What fraction of the bags of chocolate chips were left after she was done baking?

• 1/4 of a bag

• 3/8 of a bag

• 1/2 of a bag

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Ms. Stephanie is making a craft with her students. She used 1 and 3/4 bags of glitter and 2 and 1/8 bags of confetti. What is the difference in the amount of confetti and glitter that Ms. Stephanie used for her craft?

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 1 and 3/8

• 1 and 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2