Mixed Numbers Word Problems

Melinda is baking bread for the PTA bake sale.  She has 10  1/2 cups of flour.  The recipe calls for 2  1/3 cups for one loaf.  How many loaves can she bake?

• 4  1/2 loaves

• 4 loaves

• 24 loaves

• None of these

Mr. Gomez has 12  1/2 yards of material.  A cape for the play takes 3  5/6 yards.  How many capes can he make?

• 3 capes

• 3  5/6 capes

• 47 capes

• None of these

Molly had 2  1/4 cupcakes leftover from the party.  She wanted to slice them in 1/8-size pieces.  How many pieces would she have?

• 2  1/2 pieces

• 9/32 pieces

• 18 pieces

• None of these

• 3 containers

• 6 containers

• 12 containers

• 18 containers

The cafeteria served pizza for lunch to three 5th grade classes. The cafeteria made 18 pizzas to be shared by the three classes.

Mrs. Ruffner’s class ate 5 ½ pizzas

Mrs. Herman’s class ate 7 ¾ pizzas.

How much pizza was left for Mrs. Bell’s class?

• 4 3/4

• 5 3/4

• 12 3/4

• 13 1/4

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

Lucy brought 2 3/4 batches of cookies to share with her friends. By the end of the day, 5/6 had been eaten. How much of the cookies were eaten?

• 2 7/12

• 2 7/24

• 3 7/12

• 1 7/24

Joan and Mindy collect sea shells. Joan's bucket of shells weighed two and two-thirds pounds, and Mindy's bucket was three and one-fourth pounds. How much more does Mindy's bucket weigh than Joan's?

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Two numbers have a sum of eight and one-fifth. One of the numbers is three and three-fourths. What is the other number?

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Seven and one-twelfth liters of punch need to be split among ten dinner guests. How much punch does each guest get?

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