Type 1 Word Problem
Lee has 1 2/9 pounds of cherries. He buys another 2 1/6 pounds of cherries. How many pounds of cherries does Lee have?
3 7/18 pounds of cherries
Jack has a piece of string that is 5 feet long. He cuts off 3 feet. The remaining length is cut into 5 shorter pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter piece?
2/5 feet
Andrew is organizing his garage. He uses ⅗ of the space for his sports gear and ⅓ of the space for weights. The remaining space is used to store sports balls. What fraction of the space is used to store the sports balls?
1/15 of the garage
Betty uses 8/9 pounds of flour to make cake. Duncan uses 5/6 pounds less flour than Betty. How many pounds of flour do the two bakers use to make cake?
17/18 pounds of flour
A tank holds 10 gallons of water. Max pours 4 5/6 gallons of water into the tank. Tim pours 1 3/8 gallons less than Max. How many more gallons are needed to fill the tank?
1 17/24 gallons of water
Riya has 1 3/4 cups of flour in the kitchen. She has 3 9/16 cups of flour in the storage room. How many cups of flour does Riya have in all?
5 5/16 cups of flour
Michael has a roll of paper that is 8 feet long. He cuts off 3 feet and cuts the remaining length into 7 pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter piece?
5/7 feet
Jose spends ⅛ of his day reading. He spends another 3/24 of his day doing chores. How many hours are left in the day?
¾ hours
Andy drank 1/5 gallons of pineapple juice on Monday. On Tuesday he drank 1/8 gallons less than he did on Monday How many gallons of pineapple juice did he drink on Monday and Tuesday?
11/40 gallons of juice
Cai and Tori need 10 gallons of water to fill a kiddie pool. Cai filled the pool with 5 4/8 gallons of water. Tori poured 2 1/4 gallons less than Cai. How much water is still needed to fill the kiddie pool?
1 1/8 gallons of water
Mrs. Daniel used 2 1/4 cups of flour and 1 1/3 cups of sugar to make chocolate chip cookies. How many cups of flour and sugar did she use altogether?
3 7/12 cups
Liv has a a roll of ribbon that is 9 feet long. She cuts off 4 feet and cuts the remaining ribbon into 10 shorter pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter pieces of ribbon?
1/2 feet
Tim is organizing his room. He uses 3/6 for his instrument and 4/9 for his legos. The remaining room space is used for his books. What is the fraction of room space used for his books?
1/18 of the room
The Girl Scout troop sold 1/6 of the cookies on Friday. They sold 1/8 less on Thursday than Friday. What fraction of the cookies did the troop sell on the two day?
5/24 of the cookies
Jerry and Bob need to fill a tub with 10 liters of water. Bob poured 5 2/4 liters of water. Jerry poured 3 3/8 less than Bob. How many more liters of water does Jerry and Bob need to fill the tub completely?
2 3/8 liters of water
Mr. Blue used 4 1/5 quarts of strawberry syrup and 3 1/3 quarts of milk to make strawberry milk. How many quarts of strawberry milk did she make?
7 8/15 quarts
Wendy has a a piece of string that is 7 feet long. She cuts off 3 feet and cuts the remaining string into 6 shorter pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter pieces of string?
2/3 feet
A gamer uses 5/9 of his shelves’ space for Playstation games and 1/5 of his shelves’ space for Xbox games. The remaining space is used for Nintendo games. What fraction of the space is used for Nintendo games?
11/45 of the space
Lucy used 3/6 gallons of paint to paint her room. She uses 1/5 gallons less to paint her door. How many gallons of paint did she use?
4/5 gallons of paint
Dave and Deb need to fill a tub with 20 liters of water. Bob poured 5 2/4 liters of water. Jerry poured 3 3/8 less than Bob. How many more liters of water does Jerry and Bob need to fill the tub completely?
12 3/8 liters of water
Sarah used 2 ⅞ cups of powder and 3 ⅗ cups of water to make lemonade. How many cups did Sarah use to make the lemonade?
6 19/40 cups
Tim has a a ball of yarn that is 10 feet long. He cuts off 2 feet and cuts the remaining yarn into 5 shorter pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter pieces of yarn?
1 3/5 feet
Athena stores her snacks in the cabinet. 2/5 of her cabinet holds her hot chocolate and 1/3 of her cabinet holds the popcorn. The remaining cabinet space holds the pretzel sticks. What fraction of the cabinet is left for the pretzel sticks?
4/15 of the cabinet
Art uses 5/9 gallons of water to water his veggie garden. He uses 2/4 gallons less to water his flower garden. How much water did Art use to water his two gardens?
11/18 gallons of water
Rex and Tia need 20 gallons of water to fill a kiddie pool. Rex filled the pool with 8 6/7 gallons of water. Tia poured 2 1/2 gallons less than Rex How much water is still needed to fill the kiddie pool?
4 11/14 gallons