Grade 5 Fraction Word Problems: Mixed Numbers & More

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 5 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 10 cups

• 7 1/2 cups

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Sarah has 4 3/4 yards of ribbon. She uses 2 1/2 yards for a project. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 3 yards

• 2 1/4 yards

• 1 1/4 yards

• 2 3/4 yards

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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

• 8 slices

• 6 slices

• 2 slices

• 4 slices

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

A garden has 5 1/2 rows of carrots. If each row has 2/3 of a yard of carrots, how many yards of carrots are there in total?

• 2.5 yards

• 3.67 yards

• 5 yards

• 4 yards

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Tom has 3 1/4 gallons of paint. He uses 1 2/3 gallons to paint a room. How much paint does he have left?

• 1 3/4 gallons

• 3 1/2 gallons

• 2 1/2 gallons

• 1 7/12 gallons

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A box contains 6 1/2 pounds of apples. If each apple weighs 1/4 pound, how many apples are in the box?

• 26

• 20

• 30

• 24

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

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

• 20 cookies

• 15 cookies

• 12 cookies

• 18 cookies

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Emily read 3 1/2 books last month. If she reads 2/3 of a book each week, how many weeks did it take her to read those books?

• 6 weeks

• 5.25 weeks

• 4 weeks

• 7.5 weeks

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

A car travels 1 1/2 miles every 1/4 hour. How far does it travel in 2 hours?

• 6 miles

• 10 miles

• 12 miles

• 8 miles

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.1

A container holds 5 1/2 liters of juice. If 1/3 of the juice is poured out, how much juice remains in the container?

• 3 2/3 liters

• 2 liters

• 4 liters

• 5 liters

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2