Fraction Word Problems

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Mathematics

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6th - 8th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

6.NS.B.3, 5.NF.B.7C, 5.NF.A.1

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Jennifer Taylor

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How would we solve this word problem with fractions? What key terms would help us?

Multiple Choice

Your garden is $\frac{2}{5}$ of an acre and you want to plant tomatoes on $\frac{1}{3}$ of it. What fraction of an acre will be tomatoes?

$\frac{11}{15}$ acre

$\frac{6}{5}$ acre

$\frac{2}{15}$ acre

$\frac{1}{2}$ acre

How would we solve this word problem with fractions? What key terms would help us?

Multiple Choice

I am baking a cake. The recipe calls for $\frac{1}{3}$ cup of sugar. If I want to make 4 cakes, how much sugar do I need?

$\frac{3}{4}$ cup

$1\frac{1}{3}$ cups

$\frac{1}{12}$ cup

$12$ cups

How would we solve this word problem with fractions? What key terms would help us?

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How many groups of $\frac{1}{4}$ are in $2\ \frac{1}{2}$ ?

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How would we solve this word problem with fractions? What key terms would help us?

Multiple Choice

I walked $1\ \frac{1}{4}$ miles on Sunday. I walked $3\ \frac{1}{2}$ miles on Monday. How much farther did I walk on Monday compared to Sunday?

$2\ \frac{1}{4}$ miles

$2\$ miles

$\frac{1}{8}$ miles

$4\ \frac{3}{4}$ miles

Multiple Choice

Julia scored 3 5/8 pounds of candy for Halloween. Roderick scored 2 3/4 pounds. How many total pounds of candy did Julia and Roderick score combined?

6 1/4 pounds

6 3/8 pounds

6 5/8 pounds

6 1/8 pounds

Multiple Choice

Daniel's cat ate 1 5/6 pounds of cat food last week. This week, he ate 3/4 pounds less. How much cat food did he eat this week?

1 1/12 pounds

1 1/6 pounds

1 1/4 pounds

1 1/8 pounds

Multiple Choice

A chef had 7 avocados. How many servings of guacamole could he make if each bowl uses one-fourth of an avocado?

1/28

Multiple Choice

A pet store had five dogs to feed. If they only had one-fourth of a bag of dog food and each dog got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each dog get?

1/20

Multiple Choice

A farmer was dividing up his one-half of an acre of land between his 4 children. since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?

1/4

1/2

1/8

Multiple Choice

There are red, blue, and green ribbons on the table. There are a total of 48 ribbons. Two-sixths of the ribbons are red. How many ribbons are red?

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