Unit 4 Quiz (5th Grade Envisions)

Tim has (5/12) of a jar of blackberry jam and (3/8) of a jar of strawberry jam. Write (5/12) and (3/8) using a common denominator. What fraction represents the total amount of jam Tim has?

• 15/24 + 9/24 = 24/24

• 5/12 + 3/8 = 8/20

• 10/24 + 9/24 = 19/24

• 10/24 + 9/24 = 19/48

A farmer owns 24 acres of land. He plans to use 6 acres for an entrance into the farm and partition the remaining land into 1/3-acre lots. How many 1/3-acre lots will he have?

• 6 lots

• 18 lots

• 54 lots

• 72 lots

Mona bought 3 3/8 pounds of cheddar cheese. She used 2 3/4 pounds to make sandwiches. How much cheese is left?

• 5/8 pounds

• 3/4 pounds

• 7/8 pounds

• 1/2 pounds

One half of a cantaloupe was shared equally among 3 people. What fraction of the whole cantaloupe did each person get?

The area of a closet floor is 12 square feet. Mario will be placing 1/3-square-foot carpet tiles on the entire floor. How many carpet tiles will Mario use? What equation can you use to check your answer?

• 36 tiles, 12 / (1/3)

• 24 tiles, 12 * (1/3)

• 12 tiles, 12 + (1/3)

• 18 tiles, 12 - (1/3)

Sandra drove for (1/3) hour to get to the store. Then she drove (1/5) hour to get to the library. What fraction of an hour did Sandra drive in all?

• 2/15

• 8/15

• 4/15

• 3/8

Diana has 9 pounds of potting soil. She is putting 1/4 pound of soil in each flowerpot. How many flowerpots can Diana fill with soil?

• 36 flowerpots

• 18 flowerpots

• 9 flowerpots

• 45 flowerpots

During a trip, Martha drove (1/6) of the time, Chris drove (1/4) of the time, and Juan drove the rest of the time. What fraction of the time did Juan drive?

• 5/12

• 1/2

• 7/12

• 2/3

Francesca had 32 cups of flour. She used 3/8 of the flour for a recipe. How much flour did Francesca use? Write an equation to model your work.

• 12 cups of flour, 32 * 3/8 = 12

• 4 cups of flour, 32 * 1/8 = 4

• 8 cups of flour, 32 * 1/4 = 8

• 16 cups of flour, 32 * 1/2 = 16

Gilberto worked (3 1/4) hours on Thursday, (4 2/5) hours on Friday, and (6 1/2) hours on Saturday. How many hours did he work in all during the three days?

• 13 1/10 hours

• 13 3/20 hours

• 14 1/10 hours

• 14 3/20 hours