Mastering Mixed Numbers: Fraction Word Problems for 5th Grade

Sarah has 3 1/2 cups of flour. She uses 1 3/4 cups to make cookies. How much flour does she have left?

• 2 cups

• 1 cup

• 1 3/4 cups

• 3 cups

A recipe calls for 2 1/3 cups of sugar. If Maria only has 1 1/2 cups, how much more sugar does she need to buy?

• 2 cups

• 1 cup

• 5/6 cups

• 3/4 cups

Tom has 4 1/4 meters of ribbon. He cuts off 1 2/3 meters for a project. How much ribbon does he have remaining?

• 2 1/4 meters

• 1 5/6 meters

• 3 1/2 meters

• 2 7/12 meters

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If John eats 3/8 of the pizza and his friend eats 1/4 of it, how much of the pizza is left?

• 1/2

• 3/8

• 5/8

• 2/8

Lily has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. She uses 1/3 of a yard for a craft project. How much fabric does she have left?

• 3/6

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 1/2

A tank can hold 7 1/2 gallons of water. If it currently has 3 3/4 gallons, how much more water is needed to fill the tank?

• 5 gallons

• 3 3/4 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 2 1/2 gallons

In a class, 2/5 of the students are boys. If there are 30 students in total, how many boys are there?

• 8

• 12

• 10

• 15

A baker made 3 1/2 dozen cookies. If he sold 2 1/4 dozen, how many cookies does he have left?

• 5 cookies

• 20 cookies

• 10 cookies

• 15 cookies

Emma read 1/2 of a book on Monday and 1/3 of it on Tuesday. How much of the book has she read in total?

• 1/4

• 5/6

• 2/3

• 3/4

A garden has 2 1/2 rows of carrots and 1 3/4 rows of tomatoes. How many rows of vegetables are there in total?

• 5 1/2

• 4 1/4

• 2 3/4

• 3 1/4