Fractions Word Problems

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30
• 1/2
• 1  7/30
• 1  13/30

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

• 3
• 3  1/8
• 3  3/8
• 4   4/6

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6

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?

• 1/7
• 2/7
• 3/7
• 6/7

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CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

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?

• 5/8
• 4/8 or 1/2
• 2/8 or 1/4
• 3/8

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CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Kiely is making bracelets for her friends. She had 9 feet of string, and she needs 1/3 a foot of string for every bracelet. How many bracelets can she make? 

• 27 bracelets
• 1/27 bracelets 

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

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

• 7
• 1/28
• 28
• 24

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

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?

• 8
• 1/4
• 1/2
• 1/8

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

An amusement park sold 6 4/5 gallons of soda. 2 1/5 gallons were regular soda, and the rest was diet soda. How many gallons of diet soda were sold?

• 8 3/5 gallons

• 9 gallons

• 4 3/5 gallons

• 8 5/5 gallons

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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?

• 1 1/6 feet

• 2 1/3 feet

• 2 1/6 feet

• 2 feet

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2