Fraction to Decimal Word Problems

You are making Grandma's famous flamin' hot sauce for the school fundraiser. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You need to make 5 batches of sauce. How much sugar do you need?

• 23/4   or   5  3/4

• 23/8   or   2  7/8

• 15/20   or   3/4

• 15/4   or   3  3/4

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

From a rope that is 11 feet long, two pieces of length 13/5  feet and  3.3  feet are cut off. What is the length of the remaining rope? 

• 59/10   or   5.9

• 46/15   or   3.06

• 51/10   or   5.1

• 39/10   or   3.9

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

The science teacher is filling her new fish aquarium.  The aquarium hold 40 gallons.  If she fills the aquarium  4/5  of the way full, how many gallons will she need?

• 8 gallons

• 32 gallons

• 30 gallons

• 34 gallons

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Carlos is helping his dad put up a fence in the back yard.  The fence comes in sections that are 4  2/3  feet long.  If the yard is 34 feet long, how many sections of fence will he need to buy at Home Depot?

• 7 sections of fence

• 8 sections of fence

• 7.2 sections of fence

• 7.8 sections of fence

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Elizabeth volunteered to make cookies for her Math class. Each batch of cookies requires 1 2/3 cups of flour. If she has 12 cups of flour, how many full batches of cookies can she make?

• 7 batches

• 7 1/5 batches

• 8 batches

• 7 4/5 batches

Elizabeth volunteered to make cookies for her Math class.  Each batch of cookies requires 1  2/3 cups of flour.  If she has 12 cups of flour, how many batches of cookies can she make?

• 7 batches

• 7  1/5 batches

• 8 batches

• 7  4/5 batches

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

You decide to dye your hair various colors for Halloween. If you dye 1/3 of it blue, 1/4 pink, and 1/4 black, how much of your original hair color is left?

• 1/6

• 1/12

• 1/3

• 5/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Renee had $300.  She spent 1/3 of her money on shoes and 25% of the remainder on shirts. How much money is she left with?

• $150

• $125

• $175

• $50

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

A team of runners is needed to run a 1/4 mile relay race . If each runner must run 1/16 mile.  How many runners do they need to run the race?

• 4

• 5

• 1/64

• 2

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

You have 2/3 of a pumpkin pie left over from Thanksgiving. You want to give 1/2 of it to your sister. How much of the whole pumpkin pie will this be?

• 1/5

• 1/4

• 1/3 

• 1/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6