Fraction Fun: Mixed Numbers & Word Problems for Grade 5

Sarah has 3 1/2 cups of flour. She uses 1 3/4 cups to bake cookies. How much flour does she have left?

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

• 1 3/4 cups

• 1 cup

Tom has 2 2/3 meters of ribbon. He cuts off 1 1/4 meters for a project. How much ribbon does he have remaining?

• 1 5/12 meters

• 1 3/4 meters

• 2 meters

• 1 1/2 meters

A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar. If Maria wants to make 3 batches, how much sugar does she need in total?

• 1 cup of sugar

• 1 1/2 cups of sugar

• 3/4 cup of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

Liam has 4 1/5 liters of juice. He drinks 1 3/10 liters. How much juice is left?

• 3 1/4 liters

• 2 9/10 liters

• 1 1/2 liters

• 2 1/2 liters

Emma read 2 3/4 of a book last week and 1 1/2 of another book this week. How many books has she read in total?

• 3 1/4 books

• 5 books

• 2 1/2 books

• 4 1/4 books

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If Jake eats 3/8 of the pizza, what fraction of the pizza is left?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 7/8

A garden has 5 1/2 rows of carrots. If 2 1/3 rows are harvested, how many rows remain?

• 4 1/2

• 2 1/4

• 3 1/6

• 1 1/3

In a class, 3/4 of the students are girls. If there are 20 students in total, how many are girls?

• 15

• 10

• 5

• 12

A baker made 6 1/2 dozen cookies. If he sells 2 3/4 dozen, how many dozen cookies does he have left?

• 2 dozen

• 4 dozen

• 3 3/4 dozen

• 5 1/2 dozen

A tank holds 10 1/4 gallons of water. If 3 2/5 gallons are used for watering plants, how much water is left in the tank?

• 5 1/2 gallons

• 7 3/4 gallons

• 6 17/20 gallons

• 8 1/2 gallons