Word Problems: rational numbers

A recipe calls for 1/5 cup of sugar and 2/5 cup of cinnamon. What is the measure of the two ingredients combined?

• 3/5 cup

• 1/5 cup

• 3/10 cup

• 2/25 cup

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

The temperature was 5.5° C on Monday and was 7.3 degrees lower the next day. What was the temperature on Tuesday?

• -2.3* C

• 12.5* C

• -1.8* C

• 1.8* C

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

If a plant grows 1/4 cm every day, how much will it grow after 12 days?

• 5 cm

• 8 cm

• 12 1/4 cm

• 3 cm

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

After a pizza party there are 6 ½ pizzas left over. If the pizzas are divided so that party goers can take home ¼ of a pizza, how many guests can take home pizza?

• 26 guests

• 29 guests

• 8 guests

• 33 guests

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A roll of cookie dough is 8.4 inches long. If we want to cut out 12 equal sections to make 12 cookies, how long will each section be?

• .7 inches

• 1.43 inches

• .07 inches

• 3.6 inches

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Four girls are wanting to split a bag of 1¾ pounds of skittles. How many skittles will each friend get?

• ⁷/₁₆ pounds each

• 2 ²/₇ pounds each

• ⁵/₁₂ pounds each

• 1 ³/₁₅ pounds each

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Caleb feeds his cat ¼ cup of cat food each day.  There are 6 cups of cat food in the bag.  How many days will the bag of cat food last?

• 1 ½ days
• 24 days
• 30 days
• 2 ½ days

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

5/7 of 8th graders in Madisonville play sports. If 3/5 of the 8th graders that play sports are boys, what fraction of 8th grade boys play sports?

• 6/17

• 3/7

• 1 11/35

• 4/35

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Sammy has 2 ²/₃ Hershey bars to share with 4 of her friends.  How much of a Hershey bar will each of her 4 friends receive?

• ¹/₃ Hershey bar each
• ⁵/₃ Hershey bar each
• ²/₃ Hershey bar each
• 1 ³/₄ Hershey bar each

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

A pitcher contains  3 ½ quarts of milk.  Gabrielle pours 1.875 quarts into a smaller pitcher.  How many quarts of milk are left in the first pitcher?

• 1  3/4  quarts
• 1  5/8  quarts
• 1  1/4  quarts
• 4  3/4  quarts

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C