Fractions and Decimals Word Problems

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Mr. Richie’s and Mrs. Madison’s 5th grade classes each have the same number of students. During lunch, 5/8 of Mr. Richie’s class and 3/5 of Mrs. Madison’s class purchased a school lunch. How much more of Mr. Richie’s class bought a school lunch?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Solve this problem:
Mario is making brownies. Four-fifths of the brownies have walnuts on them. One-half of the brownies with walnuts also have peanut butter in them. What fraction of the brownies have walnuts and peanut butter?

• 1 and 3/5
• 3/10
• 1 and 3/10
• 2/5

At a Haunted House, $\frac{3}{15}$  of the costumes are ghosts,  $\frac{6}{12}$  are vampires, and  $\frac{2}{9}$  are mummies. What fraction of the costumes are ghosts and mummies combined? 

(a)  

Solve. Simplify if needed.  $2\ \frac{1}{5}\ \times\ 1\ \frac{1}{2}$  

(a)  

It takes  $3\ \frac{1}{4}$  hours to catch up to a witch on a broomstick. Your friend, who is chasing witches by foot, takes  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  times longer than you to catch a witch. How long is your friend witch hunting? 

•  $4\ \frac{3}{4}$  hours 

•  $4\ \frac{7}{8}\$ hours

•  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  hours

•  $3\ \frac{3}{4}$   hours

Zombies have invaded a  $16\ \frac{1}{2}$  mile stretch in your town. You are able to clear zombies from  $1\ \frac{1}{2}$  of these miles every week. How many weeks will it take you to rid your town of their zombie problem? 

• 8 weeks
  

• 9 weeks

• 10 weeks

• 11 weeks

Use order of operations to solve:
 $4\ +\ 3\ \frac{1}{2}\ \times\ \frac{1}{6}$  

•  $1\ \frac{1}{12}$  

•  $4\ \frac{7}{12}$  

•  $4\ \frac{1}{12}$  

•  $1\ \frac{1}{4}$  

Solve:  $\frac{1}{4}\ \times\frac{5}{6}\ -\frac{1}{6}$  

• ¹/₂₄

• ⁴/₂₄

• ⁴/₆

Cornelia spends 2 2/3 hours studying for her big science test. She spent 2/3 of an hour finishing her writing assignment and 1/4 of an hour playing outside. How much time did she spend overall on the three activities?

• 3  3/4 hours 
• 3  7/12 hours 
• 3  5/12 hours 
• 3  1/2 hours