Real-Life Fraction Word Problems for Grade 5 Learners

Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. She wants to share it equally among 3 friends. How much pizza will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/2

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour, but you only want to make half of the recipe. How much flour do you need?

• 2 cups

• 1 cup

• 1 1/4 cups

• 3 cups

Tom has 5/6 of a yard of ribbon. He uses 1/3 of it to wrap a gift. How much ribbon does he have left?

• 5/9

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 2/3

A bottle contains 1 1/2 liters of juice. If you pour it into cups that hold 1/4 liter each, how many cups can you fill?

• 6

• 10

• 8

• 4

Emily read 2 1/3 of a book in one week. If she continues at the same pace, how many weeks will it take her to read 7 books?

• 2 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 4 weeks

• 5 weeks

A garden has 4 1/2 square meters of space for planting. If each plant needs 3/4 square meter, how many plants can be planted?

• 6

• 10

• 4

• 8

A baker made 3 1/2 dozen cookies. If he packs them into boxes of 1/2 dozen each, how many boxes can he fill?

• 8

• 6

• 7

• 9

Liam drank 1 1/4 liters of water. If he wants to drink 5 times that amount, how much water will he need in total?

• 6.25 liters

• 4 liters

• 7.5 liters

• 5 liters

A car travels 2 1/2 miles on 1/5 of a gallon of gas. How many miles can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 12.5 miles

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

• 8 miles

A painter has 3 3/4 gallons of paint. If he uses 1/2 gallon for each room, how many rooms can he paint?

• 7

• 3

• 10

• 5