WorksheetsAdd Subtract Multiply and Divide Fractions Word Problems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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?
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Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?
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Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?
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Solve this problem:
Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?
1/5
4/15
14/15
1 and 4/5
Aiden mowed 1/3 of the lawn and stopped to drink a glass of water. He then mowed 1/6 of the lawn before running out of gas. How much of the lawn did he mow?
Write your answer in its simplest form.
1/2
3/6
1/6
2/9
Elijah bought a Bamboo plant that was 4 1/2 feet high. When he got it home, he cut 3 1/6 feet off of it. How tall was the plant after he cut it down?
1 1/3 feet
7 2/3 feet
12 1/12 feet
1 2/3 feet
After your birthday party there is 2/3 of the cake leftover. If you want to give 1/2 to your grandma, how much of the cake would that be?
3/6
3/4
2/3
1/3
Noe jogged 4/5 miles on Monday and 1/10 miles on Tuesday. What is the difference between those two distances?
7/10 miles
3/10 miles
3 miles
3/5 miles
3/9 pan of brownies are on the counter. You decide to eat 1/3 of them. How much of the pan of brownies did you eat? How much was leftover after you ate it?
1/9 and 2/6
0 and 3/9
1/9 and 2/9
1/9 and 0
Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn.
Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn.
How much popcorn did they have altogether?
3/11
3/8
3/24
19/24
At the local Aquarium 8/10 of the animals are mammals. Of the mammals, 2/5 are Dolphins. What fraction of the mammals at the Aquarium are Dolphins? What operation should you do?
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Jayme studied for 2 3/4 hours Monday night. During that time she studied, 4/5 of it was for her history test. How much time did she study for her history test? What operation should you perform?
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Ms. Bass is making waffles that require 2/3 cup of sugar. She only wants to make 3/4 of the recipe. How many cups of sugar should Ms. Bass use to make her waffles? What operation should you perform?
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The ball pin is filled 3/4 up with colored balls. Of those balls, 2/3 are red. How many balls are red? What operation should you perform?
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To simplify a fraction, I need to
divide the numerator and denominator by the same number
add the numerator and denominator by the same number
multiply the numerator and denominator by the same number
subtract the numerator and denominator by the same number
Joan and Mindy collect sea shells. Joan's bucket of shells weighed two and two-thirds pounds, and Mindy's bucket was three and one-fourth pounds. How much more does Mindy's bucket weigh than Joan's?
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Seven and one-twelfth liters of punch need to be split among ten dinner guests. How much punch does each guest get?
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Famer John plowed two and one-fifth acres in the morning, and three and three-eights acres in the afternoon. How many acres did he plow that day?
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After Betsy's birthday party at work, two-thirds of the cake was left over. She brought it home and her family ate half of the leftover cake. What fraction of the original cake did her family eat?
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Two numbers have a sum of eight and one-fifth. One of the numbers is three and three-fourths. What is the other number?
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