Multiplying and Dividing Unit Fractions Word Problems

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• Multiply

• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Mrs. Diego has 3 cups of sugar. She needs to divide the sugar equally into containers of 1/3 of a cup of sugar. How many containers will Mrs. Diego be able to fill?

• Multiply

• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Mr. Simpson feeds his dog ½ of a cup of dog food each day. How long will 4 cups of dog food last?

• 1/8 day

• 2 days

• 8 days

• 4 days

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A fudge company makes 4 pounds of fudge. A worker separates the fudge into packages of ¼ of a pound of fudge each. How many packages does he make?

• multiply

• divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Paige was making lemonade. Besides lemons, she added 3/9 cup of sugar for every cup of water. If she wanted to make 4/7 cups of lemonade, how much sugar would she need?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Keisha is making potato casserole for a dinner party. She needs ½ of a potato per guest. How many potatoes will she need for 9 guests?

• Multiply

• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Tydus wants to fill six containers with ¾ of a cup of lemonade. How much lemonade will he need to fill the six containers?

• Multiply

• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

Answer the question in the picture

• More than 2

• Less than 2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

You have 2/3 quart of lemonade. If an equal amount of lemonade is poured into each of 6 glasses, how much lemonade will each class contain?

• 1/9 quart

• 1/4 quart

• 4 quarts

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C