Fraction Word Problems (Identifying Operations)

Finn has four ropes. Each rope is 3 1/8 feet long. What is the total length of the rope?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Kelly has a cube with sides measuring 1 3/7 feet. What is the volume of the cube?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.MD.C.3

CCSS.5.MD.C.4

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Taylor has 8 3/4 yards of material. She needs to use 1/3 of the material to make a dress. How many yards of material will she need to make the dress?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Sarah had 3/4 a bag of popcorn. Her younger brother ate some, leaving her with 3/8 of a bag. What fraction of the bag did her brother eat?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jacob is building a platform for his raised garden. The platform is 12 1/3 feet long and 20 feet wide. How many square feet of lumber will he need to build the platform?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Branch has 1/2 a ball of clay. If he wants to share the clay among himself and three friends, how much will each person receive?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.7

Clarissa has 2/5 of a gallon of paint. She wants to paint the two bookshelves in her room. If each bookshelf requires 2/7 of a gallon of paint, will she have enough to paint both shelves?

• Addition and multiplication

• Multiplication and subtraction

• Addition and division

• Multiplication and division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Peter's class had a total of 24 students. Two-thirds of the class have brown hair. 1/8 of the brown haired students also have blue eyes. How many students have both brown hair and brown eyes?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

A box is filled with new, unsharpened pencils. The teacher sharpened 1/4 of them. A student sharpened 2/3 of them. What fraction of the pencils still needs to be sharpened?

• Multiplication

• Addition and subtraction

• Subtraction

• Multiplication and subtraction

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Courtney spends 1 3/4 hours a day working on homework and 2/3 of her homework time on the computer. What fraction of the total time is she on the computer?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3