Fractions of Whole Numbers Word Problems

11 How much longer did Lois play than Souzi?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Sophie went to the lake with her family. First, they spent 1 1/4 hours fishing. Then, they spent twice as much time swimming. How much time did they spend fishing and swimming in all?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

(a)  

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Kelly made fruit punch to serve at a party for her chess team. She mixed 1 2/5 liters of cranberry juice and 1 3/5 liters of pineapple juice together. Then, she split the fruit punch evenly among 9 glasses. How much fruit punch did Kelly pour into each glass? Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

(a)  

Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have? Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

(a)  

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Jasmine is having friends over to watch a football game. She has 2 1/2 hours until her guests arrive. She spends 2/5 of that time cleaning and the rest of the time preparing snacks. How much time does Jasmine spend preparing snacks?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

(a)  

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Gretchen spends 1/2 an hour grooming Hobo and 1/3 of an hour riding Hobo. How much time did she spend with Hobo?

(a)   hours.

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Candice and Chris run a relay race at recess. Candice runs 1 ⅓ of a lap around the track. Chris runs ½ of a lap around the track. How much farther does Candice run than Chris?

(a)   laps

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Tina lives 2 ¼ miles from the library. Sonya lives 3 ½ miles from the library. How much further does Sonya live than Tina?

(a)   miles

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Devon had his two friends over for pizza. Devon ate 1/4 of the pizza. One of his friends ate 3/8 of the pizza and the other friend ate 1/8 of the pizza. How much of the pizza is left?

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/3

• 1/5

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Chris decided to do his history homework a little bit each night. On the first night he did 1/5 of the homework, the second night he completed 1/4 of the homework, and the third night he worked 1/2 of the homework. How much of the homework has Chris completed?

• 19/20 or .95

• 1/2 or .5

• 1/3 or .33

• 1/10 or .1

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2