Word Problems
Brent and Jonathon buy 4 equal-sized sub sandwiches. They divide the sandwiches equally among themselves and 5 other friends. How much sub sandwich does each person get?
4/7 = Each person gets 4/7ths of a sandwich.
Rhoxanne has a bid dog and a little dog. Rhoxanne fees 1, 5/6 cup of food to her bigger dog. She feeds 11/12 cups less food to her little dog. How much food does Julia feed both of her dogs?
Rhoxanne feeds her dogs a total of 2 ¾ cups of food.
Levi used 2, 3/10 cups of flour, 3, 5/6 cups of sugar, and 1/4 cup of cocoa to make a cake. How many total cups of ingredients did he use to make the cake?
Levi used 6, 23/60 cups of ingredients to make the cake.
Makenna and Novah decide to go walking on the track. Makenna walks 2, 2/3 miles. Novah walks 1, 1/8 less than Makenna. What is the total distance that they walked?
4, 5/24 miles
Thea and Hunter need to fill their new puppy pool with 35 gallons of water. Thea poured 14, 1/6 gallons of water into the puppy pool. Hunter poured 2, 4/9 gallons less than Thea. How much more water is needed to fill the puppy pool?
Thea and Hunter need 9 1/9 more gallons to fill the pool.
Jaxon walks his dog Theodore Melvinson III every day after school. He walked T.M.III 1, 2/6 miles on Monday. He walked the dog 5/7 fewer miles on Tuesday. How many total miles did Jaxon and Theodore Melvinson III walk on Monday and Tuesday?
Kevin and Barkley walked a total of 1, 20/21 miles.
Lyndon planted a herb garden. He planted rosemary in 2/9 of the garden. He planted Dill on 2/5 of the garden. He planted chives on the remaining part of the garden. What fraction of the garden did he plant with chives?
Lyndon planted chives on of her garden 17/45.
Seth and Jakob bought 2 equal sized pies to share between themselves and their 3 friends. How much pie will each person get?
Each person gets 2/5 of a pie.
A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar, but Finn only has 1/2 cup of sugar. How much sugar does he still need to complete the recipe?
To find out how much more sugar Finn needs, subtract the amount he has from the amount needed.
34−12=34−24=14\frac{3}{4} - \frac{1}{2} = \frac{3}{4} - \frac{2}{4} = \frac{1}{4}43−21=43−42=41
Finn needs 1/4 cup more sugar.
Brielle made some rubber band bracelets to give away as presents. She gave away 2/8 of the bracelets on Monday. She gave away 1/4 more of the bracelets on Tuesday than on Monday. What fraction of the bracelets did Brielle give away on the two days?
Brielle gave away ¾ of her bracelets on Monday and Tuesday.
The 5th graders held a cookie bake sale to raise money for a field trip. They sold 5/12 of the cookies on Wednesday. They sold 1/3 fewer cookies on Thursday than on Wednesday. What fraction of their cookies did they sell on the two days?
They sold ½ of the cookies on Wednesday and Thursday.
Kira ate 3/8 of a pizza, and her friend ate 2/5 of the same pizza. How much of the pizza did they eat in total?
So, Kira and her friend ate 31/40 of the pizza.
Eli has 6 feet of duct tape left on his roll. He cuts off 2 feet of duct tape and cuts it into 9 pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter piece of duct tape?
6 feet – 2 feet = 4 feet 4÷9= 4/9 Each shorter piece of duct tape is 4/9 foot.
Keely was making a craft. She had 7 yards of yarn. She cut off 1 yard of yarn. She then took the leftover yarn and cut it into 12 shorter pieces of equal length. What is the length of each shorter piece of yarn?
7 yards – 1 yard = 6 yards. 6/12 = 1/2. Each shorter piece of yarn is ½ yard.
Kacey traveled 4/9 of a mile in the morning and 5/12 of a mile in the afternoon. How far did she travel in total?
Kacey traveled 31/36 of a mile in total.