Fraction
Word Problems
Mixed Number Word Problems
Fraction Word Problems (2)
Mixed Number Word Problems (2)
Hodge Podge
100
Maddie bought 8/9 of a pound of chocolates and ate 1/3 of a pound. How much was left?
What is 5/9 of a pound.
100
Halle bought 2¾ yards of red fabric and 1¼ of blue fabric. How much cloth did she buy in all?
What is 4 yards.
100

Leo has five-sixths of a pound of jelly beans and a third of a pound of gummi bears. How many more pounds of jelly beans than gummi bears does he have?

What is 1 and 1/6

100
Bailey runs 2 and 3/4 kilometers on Friday and 1 and 1/4 kilometers on Saturday. How many more kilometers did she run on Friday than on Saturday?
What is 1 and 1/2 miles.
100

Change to a mixed number 4 and 1/5 

What is 21/5

200
Logan rode his bike 2/5 of a mile and walked another 3/4 of a mile. How far did he travel?
What is 1 and 3/20 miles.
200
Sydney has three and five-ninths pounds of peanuts and three and a quarter pounds of cashews. How many pounds of food does she have?
What is 6 and 29/36.
200

A piece of wood was 12 feet long. Andy cut the wood into pieces 1/3 foot long. How many pieces did Andy have?

What is 36 pieces.

200
Franco worked 4 hours on Saturday at the city pool. He spent 1 and 3/4 hours cleaning the pool and the remaining time working as a lifeguard. How many hours did Franco spend working as a lifeguard?
What is 2 and 1/4 hours.
200
Given a = 4/5 and b = 4/7 find: a + b
What is 1 and 13/35
300
The track is 3/5 of a mile long. If Eva jogged around it twice, how far did she run?
What is 1 and 1/5 miles.
300
Jack has 2 and 1/3 cups of flour and 1 and 3/4 cups of sugar. How many more cups of flour than sugar does he have?
What is 7/12 more cup of flour.
300

Mr. Fesko is making stir fry for his family. He has 2 cups of rice and will use one-third cup of rice for each meal. How many meals can he make?

What is 6.

300
Adrian uses 2 and 1/4 cups of water for a recipe. He decides he will triple the recipe to accommodate all the people that will be visiting her house. How many of cups of water did Adrian use?
What is six and three fourths cups.
300

Simplify to lowest form 45/50 

9/10 

400
Joe is trying to increase the size of his muscles. He exercised for three-fourths of an hour on Tuesday. He lifted weights for 2/5 of that time. What fraction of an hour did he spend lifting weights.
What is three-tenths of an hour.
400

A cube measures 1/3 of an inch on one side. What is the volume of the cube?

What is 1/9 of an inch

400
Evaluate: 2/3 + 3/4 - 1/6
What is 1 and 1/4
400
Leo is training to run a half marathon. So far this week, he has run 6 and 3/8 on each of three days. What is the total distance Jack has run this week?
What is 19 and 1/8 miles.
400

Change to mixed number 17/8 

2 and 1/8 

500
A walnut muffin recipe calls for 4/5 cup walnuts. Jessica wants to make one-fourth of the recipe. What fraction of a cup of walnuts will she need?
What is 1/5 cup.
500

At the M.P's restaurant, one serving of chili is  1/2 cup. The chef, Mr. Gold, make 48 cups of chili each night. How many servings of chili are in 48 cups.

What is 96 cups 

500
Evaluate: 1/2 - 1/4 + 5/8
What is 7/8
500

Jackson practices a tenth of an hour of basketball on Friday, two and a fourth hours of basketball on Saturday, and one and five-sixths hours of basketball on Sunday. How many hours of basketball did he practice altogether?

What is 4 and 11/60

500

Simplify to lowest form 12/28

3/7