Fraction and Decimals Word Problems

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8

• 3/10

• 5/8

• 7/8

Nancy was buying food for her birthday party. She bought a 52.93 oz bag of barbeque chips and a 79.6 oz bag of regular chips. How many ounces did she buy altogether?

• 132.53 ounces

• -33.33 ounces

• 26.77 ounces

• 15.47 ounces

What operation with fractions is this question asking you to perform? Jake has 1/2 of a candy bar. If his brother has 1/4 of the candy bar, how much do they have all together?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

What operation with fractions is this question asking you to perform? Jake has a candy bar. If Josh eats 1/5, how much of the candy bar is left?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

At the local Aquarium 8/10 of the animals are mammals. Of the mammals, 2/5 are Dolphins. What fraction of the mammals at the Aquarium are Dolphins? What operation should you do?

• Divide

• Multiply

• Add

• Subtract

One serving of cheese enchiladas uses 1.5 ounces of cheese. The entire pan of enchiladas uses 12.75 ounces. How many servings are in the pan? What operation do you need to perform?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

Blue and her 2 friends went out to dinner and had a tab of $37.47. How much did each person pay?

• $18.74

• $112.41

• $11.41

• $12.49

Ms. Bass is making waffles that require 2/3 cup of sugar. She only wants to make 3/4 of the recipe. How many cups of sugar should Ms. Bass use to make her waffles? What operation should you perform?

• Add

• Multiply

• Divide

• Subtract

Bill paid $32.50 for 4 fishing rods. How much did bill pay per fishing rod? What operation should be performed?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

The ball pin is filled 3/4 up with colored balls. Of those balls, 2/3 are red. How many balls are red? What operation should you perform?

• Subtract

• Add

• Divide

• Multiply