5th Grade Mixed Number Word Problems: Division & 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?

• 3 1/2 cups

• 7 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

• 10 cups

Sarah has 5 3/4 yards of fabric. She uses 2 1/2 yards to make a dress. How much fabric does she have left?

• 1 1/4 yards

• 4 1/2 yards

• 2 1/4 yards

• 3 1/4 yards

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

• 4 dozen

• 2 1/6 dozen

• 3 dozen

• 1 1/2 dozen

Tom read 3 1/4 books in a month. If he reads 1 2/3 books each week, how many weeks did it take him to read that many books?

• 2 weeks

• 4 weeks

• 3 weeks

• 1 week

A garden has 6 1/2 feet of space for planting flowers. If each flower takes up 1 1/4 feet, how many flowers can be planted?

• 6

• 3

• 5

• 4

Emily has 7 1/2 liters of juice. She pours 2 2/3 liters into bottles. How much juice does she have left?

• 6 1/4 liters

• 4 83/100 liters

• 3 1/2 liters

• 5 liters

A car can travel 3 3/4 miles on one gallon of gas. How many gallons of gas are needed to travel 15 miles?

• 3 gallons

• 5 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 4 gallons

A box contains 8 1/2 pounds of apples. If you divide the apples equally into 3 bags, how many pounds of apples will each bag contain?

• 1 1/2 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 3 1/2 pounds

• 2 5/6 pounds

A recipe requires 1 3/4 cups of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches, how many cups of sugar do you need?

• 7 cups

• 10 cups

• 5 cups

• 8 cups

Liam has 9 1/2 meters of rope. He uses 3 3/4 meters for a project. How much rope does he have left?

• 5 3/4 meters

• 4 1/2 meters

• 6 meters

• 3 1/4 meters