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Operations with fractions - Word problems

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 4hrs 48mins

Name

Class

Date

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether?

19/24

3/24

1/2

3/11

A recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar. If the recipe is doubled, how much sugar is needed?

1 1/2

1 3/4

Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 7/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?

1/2

7/8

1 1/2

4 5/8

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

1/8

3/10

5/8

7/8

What is the difference between 2/3 and 4/9?

2/9

2/6

3/9

6/12

Sam uses 1 1/4 ounces of ham on each sandwich. If he makes 4 1/2 sandwiches, how much ham will he use?

5 5/8

5 3/4

4 5/8

Solve:
Olivia set aside 5/6 of an hour for homework after school each day. How many hours of homework does she do in 5 days?

3 1/2 hours

4 1/2 hours

4 1/6 hours

50 minutes

Which operations with fractions REQUIRE common denominators.

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

Kayla has 3/9 of a pizza and Lille gave her 2/9 of a pizza. How much pizza does Kayla have now?

5/9

1/9

6/9

10.

Brad ate 3/4 of his Kit-Kat bar and gave the rest to Doug. How much of the Kit-Kat bar did Doug get to eat?

3/4

1/4

2/4

None

11.

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

9/30

1/2

1 7/30

1 13/30

12.

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

1/8

3/10

5/8

7/8

13.

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

3 1/8

3 3/8

4 4/6

14.

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

1/7

2/7

3/7

6/7

15.

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie. Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie. What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

5/8

4/8 or 1/2

2/8 or 1/4

3/8

16.

Kai spent 24 days at Grandma's house last summer.

His sister spent ⅜ of that time at Grandma's.

How many days did Kai's sister spend at Grandma's house last summer?

6 days

9 days

14 days

64 days

17.

Denis has 100 baseball cards.

1/4 of them are new. How many of them are not new?

133

1/3

18.

Rosemary ran 2/3 of mile.

Sophie ran 3 times as far. How far did Sophie run?

6/3 miles

2 miles

3 miles

4 miles

19.

The Valley High School printed 445 tickets for the school play in Spring.

3/5 of the tickets were sold out by January.

How many tickets remain to be sold?

(Hint: this is a 2-step word problem)

200 tickets

178 tickets

145 tickets

175 tickets

20.

Mrs. Corbett signed 1/2 of all the holiday cards and Mr. Corbett signed 3/8 of all of them. Mrs. Smith will sign the rest of them.

If there were 32 cards in all, how many are left to be signed by Mrs. Smith?

4 cards

12 cards

16 cards

28 cards

21.

To stay healthy, we should drink 6 1/2 glasses of water a day. If we follow this guideline, how much water would we drink in a full week?

32 1/2 cups

45 cups

33 cups

45 1/2 cups

22.

Find 12 x 7/10.

Write in simplest form.

8 1/5

8 2/5

12 7/10

9 1/5

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Operations with fractions - Word problems

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 4hrs 48mins

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