Mixed Numbers Word Problems

An electrician needs to buy 5 1/2 feet of electrical wire. There are 1 5/6 feet of wire on each spool. How many spools of wire should the electrician buy?

• 10 1/12
• 3

A railroad construction crew can lay 1 1/4 mile of track in one day. At that rate, how many days will it take to lay 10 miles of track?

• 8 days
• 12 1/2 days

Charlotte collected 3 3/5 pounds of newspaper for the recycling drive. Anthony collected 7 times as much newspaper as Charlotte. How many pounds of newspaper did Anthony collect?

• 17 lbs
• 25 1/5 lbs

A cookie factory uses 3/8 of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used 1 1/2 barrels of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

• 9 batches
• 4 batches

Mr. Moon bought a block of fudge that weighed 9/10 of a pound. He cut the fudge into 3 equal pieces. What was the weight of each piece of fudge?

• 3/10 of a lb
• 2 7/10 lbs

A restaurant chef made 6 3/4 jars of pasta sauce. Each serving of pasta requires 3/4 of a jar of sauce. How many servings of pasta will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce?

• 9 servings
• 5 servings

Jaime needs to add 3 1/2 cups of flour to a recipe. He only has a 1/2 cup measuring cup. How many scoops of flour does Jaime need to add?

• 2 scoops
• 7 scoops

Of the 190 babies born this year at Rug Rat Hospital 13/19 had blue eyes. How many babies had blue eyes?

• 130 babies
• 277 babies

Hungry Henry ate 3/5 of the 8 dishes of lasagna. How many dishes of lasagna did he eat?

• 4 4/5 dishes
• 13 1/3 dishes