5th Grade Mixed Number Challenges: Solve & Simplify Fractions

1. Sarah has 3 1/2 pizzas and wants to share them equally among 5 friends. How much pizza will each friend get? Simplify your answer.

• 1 pizza

• 7/10 pizzas

• 3/5 pizzas

• 2 1/2 pizzas

2. A recipe requires 2 3/4 cups of flour. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much flour do you need? Simplify your answer.

• 1 1/2 cups

• 3 cups

• 2 cups

• 1 3/8 cups

3. John has 4 2/3 yards of fabric. He uses 1 1/4 yards to make a shirt. How much fabric does he have left? Simplify your answer.

• 3 5/12 yards

• 3 1/4 yards

• 4 1/2 yards

• 2 1/2 yards

4. A gardener has 5 1/2 bags of soil. If he uses 2 2/3 bags for planting, how many bags of soil does he have remaining? Simplify your answer.

• 3 1/2

• 2 5/6

• 4 1/4

• 1 3/4

5. Emma read 3 3/4 of a book and wants to divide the remaining part into 5 equal sections. How much of the book will each section be? Simplify your answer.

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 1/20

• 1/5

6. A baker made 6 1/2 dozen cookies. If he sells 2 1/4 dozen, how many dozen cookies does he have left? Simplify your answer.

• 2 1/2 dozen

• 5 dozen

• 4 1/4 dozen

• 3 dozen

7. A car can travel 4 1/2 miles on a gallon of gas. If it uses 1 3/4 gallons, how far can it travel? Simplify your answer.

• 5 1/2 miles

• 7 7/8 miles

• 8 1/4 miles

• 6 3/4 miles

8. A container holds 7 1/3 liters of juice. If 2 1/2 liters are poured out, how much juice remains in the container? Simplify your answer.

• 5 1/2 liters

• 3 3/4 liters

• 6 liters

• 4 5/6 liters

9. A teacher has 8 1/4 meters of ribbon. If she uses 3 1/2 meters for a project, how much ribbon does she have left? Simplify your answer.

• 6 1/2 meters

• 5 meters

• 4 3/4 meters

• 3 1/4 meters

10. A recipe calls for 5 1/2 cups of sugar. If you only want to make 1/3 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need? Simplify your answer.

• 4 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 2 cups

• 1 5/6 cups