Mastering Mixed Numbers: Fun Word Problems for 5th Graders

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 7 1/2 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

• 10 cups

Sarah has 5 3/4 yards of fabric. She uses 2 1/2 yards to make a dress. How much fabric does she have left?

• 3 1/4 yards

• 1 1/4 yards

• 2 1/4 yards

• 4 1/2 yards

A gardener plants 1 1/3 rows of flowers in each of his 4 garden beds. How many rows of flowers does he plant in total?

• 3 3/4

• 6 1/2

• 5 1/3

• 4 1/3

Tom has 3 2/5 gallons of paint. He uses 1 1/4 gallons to paint a fence. How much paint does he have remaining?

• 3 1/5 gallons

• 2 3/20 gallons

• 2 1/4 gallons

• 1 1/2 gallons

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

• 22 cookies

• 26 cookies

• 30 cookies

• 18 cookies

Emily read 3 1/2 books last month. If she plans to read 2 1/4 times that amount this month, how many books will she read?

• 8 1/4

• 7 7/8

• 5 1/2

• 6 3/4

A box contains 6 1/2 pounds of apples. If you divide the apples equally into 3 bags, how many pounds of apples will each bag contain?

• 1 1/2 pounds

• 3 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 2 1/6 pounds

A recipe requires 1 3/4 cups of sugar. If you want to make 2 1/2 times the recipe, how many cups of sugar do you need?

• 4 3/8 cups

• 2 1/4 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

Liam has 7 1/2 liters of juice. He pours 3 1/4 liters into bottles. How much juice does he have left?

• 6 liters

• 5 liters

• 3 1/4 liters

• 4 1/4 liters

A school has 4 1/2 hours of art class each week. If they divide this time equally among 3 classes, how much time does each class get?

• 2 hours

• 3 hours

• 1.5 hours

• 1 hour