5th Grade Fraction Word Problems: Mix & Convert Numbers

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 2 batches of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 2 cups

• 3/4 cup

• 1.5 cups

• 1 cup

Sarah has 5/6 of a yard of ribbon. She uses 1/2 of it for a project. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 5/12

• 1/3

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3/4 of the pizza, how many slices did you eat?

• 2 slices

• 5 slices

• 6 slices

• 4 slices

Tom has 2 1/2 liters of juice. He pours it into cups that hold 1/3 liter each. How many cups can he fill?

• 10

• 3

• 5

• 7

Emily read 3/5 of a book in one week. If the book has 200 pages, how many pages did she read?

• 100 pages

• 120 pages

• 150 pages

• 80 pages

A box contains 1 1/2 dozen eggs. If you use 2/3 of the eggs for baking, how many eggs are left?

• 8 eggs

• 4 eggs

• 6 eggs

• 10 eggs

A car travels 3/4 of a mile in 1/2 hour. How far does it travel in 1 hour?

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

• 0.75 miles

• 1.5 miles

A cake recipe requires 2 1/3 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 cakes, how much flour do you need?

• 6 1/2 cups of flour

• 8 cups of flour

• 5 cups of flour

• 7 cups of flour

Liam has 4 1/4 meters of fabric. He uses 1 1/2 meters to make a shirt. How much fabric does he have left?

• 1 3/4 meters

• 2 1/2 meters

• 3 1/4 meters

• 2 3/4 meters