Word Problems w/ Fractions & Mixed Numbers

5 x ²/₃

• 3 ¹/₃

• 3

• 4 ¹/₃

• 3 ¹/₄

⁴/₈ x 6

• 4

• 3

• 3 ¹/₃

• 3 ¹/₈

MULTI-STEP PROBLEM: A restaurant will only serve ³/₄ lb. of scalloped potatoes to each customer. The restaurant had 5 people to come and eat scalloped potatoes on Monday. Another person came and ate ²/₄ lb. of scalloped potatoes on Tuesday. How many pounds of scalloped potatoes did the restaurant serve on Monday and Tuesday?

• 4 ¹/₄ lbs.

• 6 ¹/₄ lbs.

• 3 ¹/₄ lbs.

A stick of butter weighs a quarter (¹/₄) pound. How much do 13 sticks of butter weigh?

• 3 ¹/₄ pounds

• 2 ²/₄ pounds

• ¹³/₅ pounds

• 6 pounds

Haley wants to run ⁵/₆ of a mile every day for 5 days. How many miles will she run?

• ²⁵/₆

• 4 ²/₆

• ²⁴/₆

• 4 ¹/₅

Olivia set aside ⁴/₆ of an hour for homework after school each day. How many hours of homework does she do in 5 days?

• 3 ¹/_2 hours

• 4 ¹/₂ hours

• 3 ¹/₃ hours

• 3 ³/₆ hours

Which represents 4 x ³/₄?

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On Monday, Tiffany spent 5 ²/₈ hours studying. On Tuesday, she spent another 2 ¹/₈ hours studying. What is the combined length of time spent studying?

• 3 ³/₈ hours

• 3 ¹/₈ hours

• 6 ³/₈ hours

• 7 ³/₈ hours

A large box of nails weighed 3 ⁷/₈ ounces. A small box of nails weighs 2 ⁴/₈ ounces. What is the difference in weight between the two boxes?

• 6 ³/₈

• 1 ³/₈

• 2 ²/₈

• 6 x ¹/₈

Gwen had 7 1/6 cups of flour. If she used 3 4/6 cups baking, how much flower did she have left?

• 4 ³/₆

• 10 ⁵/₆

• 3 ¹/₂

• 3 ³/₄