Fractions Word Problems

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3/8 inch of snow in the morning + 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon

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7/8

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A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen wants to double the batch. How much oatmeal will Ellen need?

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1 1/2

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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?

Back

1/7

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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?

Back

3/8

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Equivalent fraction to 5/6: 9/12, 10/12, 8/12, 14/18

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10/12

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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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16

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Pam walks 3/4 of a mile to school. Paul walks 1/8 of a mile to school. How much farther does Pam walk than Paul?

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5/8

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How much more pizza did Ms. Chaney eat than Mrs. Dombkowski?

Back

1/12

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Gordon used 1 3/4 cups of flour and then used an additional 1 3/4 cups of flour again. How much flour did he use altogether?

Back

3 1/2 cups

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Carla's sister is 4 1/3 feet tall and her brother is 2 1/3 feet tall. How much taller is her sister than her brother?

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2 feet