Word Problems 1
Josef has 2 2/3 bags of popcorn. Edo has 1 ¾ bags of popcorn. How much do they have together?
What is 4 5/12 bags?
A witch is making a potion. She needs 1/3 cups of mud but she only has 4/5 of that portion. How much mud does the witch have?
What is 4/15 cups of mud?
You have 8 donuts and you want to give 1/4 of them to a friend. How many donuts would your friend get?
What is 2 donuts?
A dime is 1/2 inch wide. If you put 5 dimes end to end, how long would they be from beginning to end?
What is 2 1/2 inches long?
A child decides to play in some paint. He splatters 7/8 of a gallon of paint. With 1/3 of that paint, he splatters on himself. How much of a gallon of paint is now on the child?
What is 7/24 gallons?
Hannah counted 21 pieces of candy. She ate 4/7 of the candy. How much candy did she eat?
What is 12 pieces of candy?
Casey has won ¾ of her hockey games. She has played 24 games. How many has she won?
What is 18 games?
Ms. Jones has 4 2/7 lbs of potatoes. She used 1/3 of the potatoes. How many lbs of potatoes did she use?
What is 1 5/9lbs?
Before she went to the hairdresser, Sheila's hair was 7 1/2 inches long. When she left the salon, it was 5 1/4 inches long. How much of her hair did Sheila cut off?
What is 2 1/4 inches?
Ms. Swegman has 2 1/3 pounds of chocolate. She will use 2/3 of the chocolate for her holiday truffles. How much will she use?
What is 1 5/9 pounds?
Julia runs a marathon. She runs 5 1/5 miles every hour. How many miles is she running every quarter of a mile?
What is 1 3/10 miles?
A group of Boy Scouts are cutting rope to prepare for their next rock climbing activity. If they have 24 feet of rope, how much rope will each Boy Scout get if they give each Boy Scout 1/5 of the total rope?
What is 4 4/5 feet?
Most people dream about ¼ of the time they sleep. How long will you probably dream tonight if you sleep 7 5/6 hours?
What is 1 23/24 hours?
Ms. Campbell had 18 lbs of mud. She gave away 5/6 of the mud. How much did she keep for her family?
What is 3lbs?
It took Brad 3/5 of an hour to drive from his house to Charlotte, North Carolina. Brad drove another 3/4 of an hour to Lancaster, South Carolina. How long did Brad drive in all?
What is 17/20 of an hour?