Word Problems
A recipe needs 12 cups of sugar. You want to make half the recipe. How much sugar do you need?
6 cups of sugar
Interpret the fraction 3/4 as a division sentence. Write it using division.
3 divided 4
Add 2/4 + 4/5
26/20 = 1 6/20 = 1 3/10
Add 2 + 1/3
2 1/3
Emma ran 3/4 miles on Monday and 1/2 miles on Tuesday. How many miles did she run in total? Give your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
1 1/4 miles
Write an equation using division for 24/56.
24 divided by 56
Add 1/3 and 2/6
4/6 = 2/3
Add 1 1/2 + 2 1/4
3 3/4
A ribbon is 2 1/2 yards long. You cut off 3/4 yards. How much ribbon remains? Give your answer as a mixed number or fraction in simplest form.
1 3/4 yards
7 divided by 2 = 3 1/2
Subtract 5/8 - 1/4
3/8
Subtract 4 - 1 2/5
2 3/5
A cake recipe uses 1 1/3 cups of flour. You want to triple the recipe. How many cups of flour are needed in total?
4 cups
A pan holds 1 whole loaf divided into 1/6-size slices. How many slices are in 3 whole loaves?
18 slices
Add 2/5 + 3/10 + 1/2
1 1/5
Add 3 3/8 + 5/16
3 11/16
A school has 7/8 of its books on the reading shelf and 1/6 of its books on the science shelf. Are these parts possible together (do they exceed one whole?)
State whether the total is less than, equal to, or greater than 1.
greater than 1 whole (1 1/24)
Explain how the fraction 1 1/4 represents repeated division of 11 by 4 and convert it to a mixed number.
2 3/4
Subtract 7/12 - 5/18
11/36
Solve 5 1/3 - 2 5/6 + 1 1/4
3 3/4