Fractions
Greg and Peter bought a large pizza to share.
Greg ate 5/8 of the pizza.
What fraction of the pizza was left for Peter?
3/8
Alex and Kyle made 27 paper planes.
Kyle made half as many as Alex.
How many planes did Kyle make?
9 planes
A fence post in Tina's garden is 4 feet tall.
When she measured the fence post’s shadow, she found that it was 12 feet long.
A tree in Tina’s yard had a shadow of 72 feet.
How tall is the tree?
24 feet
Anna's team scored 5 runs in the first inning of the kickball game.
They scored 6 more runs in the second inning and 3 runs in the last inning.
How many runs did Anna's team score in all?
14 runs
Grandma has an old family recipe for blueberry pancakes.
She can make 8 pancakes that are each 10 inches in diameter.
Grandma decided that the pancakes were way too large for her grandchildren and decided to make pancakes that were only 2 inches in diameter.
How many small pancakes will Grandma's recipe make?
200 small pancakes
Amy spent 4/9 of her money and saved the rest.
What fraction of her money did Amy save?
5/9
Andrew has 5 boards.
Each board is 6 feet long.
He needs 4 feet of board to make a bird feeder.
Andrew wants to make 7 bird feeders.
How many feet of board will be left?
2 feet
The ratio of Kate's stickers to Jenna's stickers is 7:4.
Kate has 21 stickers.
How many stickers does Jenna have?
12
18 children were going to run a race in the park.
6 children left to get a drink of water.
5 left to play on the swings.
How many children stayed for the race?
7 children
A length of wire is cut into several smaller pieces.
Each of the smaller pieces are bent into squares.
Each square has a side that measures 2 centimeters.
The total area of the smaller squares is 92 square centimeters.
What was the original length of wire?
184 centimeters
40 students joined the soccer club.
5/8 of the students were boys.
How many girls joined the soccer club?
15
Amy played checkers with her sister.
She won 4 times as many games as she lost.
Amy won 12 games. There were no ties.
How many games did Amy play?
15 games
Chef Pillsbury's secret recipe requires 7 eggs for every 2 cups of flour.
How many eggs will he need if he uses 8 cups of flour?
28 eggs
6 children were jumping rope.
5 children joined them.
2 children left because the line was too long.
How many children were jumping rope then?
9
A piece of square paper has a perimeter of 32 centimeters.
Nicky's dog, Rocky, tore off 1/4 of the paper.
What is the area of the remaining paper?
48
Kelly had $24.
She spent 5/6 of her money on a book.
How much money did Kelly have left?
$4
Allison brought some CDs online.
Each CD cost $7.
There was an additional charge of $4 per order for shipping costs.
The total bill came to $60.
How many CDs did Allison buy?
8 CDs
The ratio of the length of Joey’s rope to Chad’s rope is 8:3.
Joey’s rope is 56 cm long.
How long is Chad’s rope?
21 cm
There were 17 balls on the playground.
5 were soccer balls and 8 were basketballs.
The rest were kickballs.
How many kickballs were there?
4 kickballs
Theo tied his dog, Flash, to a pole in the middle of the yard using a 10 ft. leash.
Flash dug holes in the yard everywhere he could reach.
Theo had to reseed the part of the lawn that Flash destroyed.
Grass seed costs $1.40 per package and covers 50 square feet.
What did it cost Theo to reseed the lawn?
$9.80
Lori used 1/4 of her rubberbands in a project.
She had 27 rubberbands left.
How many rubberbands did Lori use in her project?
9
A group of 12 girls and 8 boys are planning a canoe trip.
Each canoe can hold 3 people.
How many canoes will the group need?
7 canoes
The ratio of the length of a rectangle to its width is 6:5.
Its length is 24 inches.
What is its width?
20 inches
Julie climbed 15 steps up the giant slide.
She climbed down 6 steps to talk to her friend, Maria.
Then she climbed up 8 steps to get to the top.
How many steps does the slide have?
17 steps
A square has a perimeter of 24 inches.
What is the area of the square?
36 square inches