Fraction Word Problems

Rachel was packing up some of her old stuff into a box. A box can hold eight pounds, but she only filled it up 2/4 full. How much weight was in the box?

• 1/4 pound
• 2/8 pound
• 4 pounds
• 2 pounds

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Billy stacked six pieces of wood on top of one another. If each piece was 3/4 of a foot tall, how tall was his pile?

• 4 1/2 feet
• 8 feet
• 4 3/5 feet

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

On Monday is snowed 9 inches. The next day, it snowed 1/2 of that amount. How much did it snow on the second day?

• 6 inches
• 1/2 inch
• 4 1/2 inches

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Each day a company used 7/10 of a box of paper. How many boxes would they have used after three days?

• 7/10 of a box
• 2 1/10 of a box
• 1/2 of a box

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CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A store had 4 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if each day they sold 1/5 of a box?

• 4 days
• 20 days
• 40 days

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A glass of water was 1/8 of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 3 liter jug?

• 24 glasses
• 8 glasses
• 1/2 of a glass

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

An aquarium had 6 tons of fish food. How many months would it take them to use it all if they used 1/7 of a ton each month?

• 21 months
• 42 months
• 6/7 of a month

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl used 1/7 of a potato?

• 49 bowls
• 7 bowls
• 7/49 bowls

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7