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A bakery used one-sixth of a bag of chocolate chips to make 7 batches of cookies. How much of the bag did they use for each batch?
Division
1/42 of a bag
Tom went to the store. He bought a bag of apples and oranges. The apples weighed 2 2/4 pounds. While the oranges were 5/8 of a pound more. How much was their combined weight?
Addition
3 1/8 pounds
A recipe calls for two-fifths of a pound of chicken for each person. If there are 8 people to be fed, how many pounds of chicken are required?
Multiplication
2 2/3 pounds of chicken
A full garbage truck weighed 9 4/6 tons. After dumping the garbage, the truck weighed 7 1/3 tons. What was the weight of the garbage?
Subtraction
2 1/3 tons
A water hose used one-eighth of a gallon of water every second. If Paige needs to fill up 3 gallon sized containers, how many seconds would it take?
Division
24 seconds
Zoe bought a bamboo plant that was 4 1/2 feet high. When she got it home she cut 3 1/6 feet off of it. How tall was the plant after she cut it down?
Subtraction
1 1/3 feet
How many 1/6 cup servings are in 4 cups of chocolate chips?
Division
24
George bought a box of fruit that weighed 3 1/2 kilograms. If he gave away 2 5/7 kilograms of fruit to his friends, how many kilograms does he have left?
Subtraction
11/14 kilograms
Emily did half of her classwork during class. She did 1/3 of it before soccer practice. What fraction of her classwork does she have to do after soccer practice?
Addition, Subtraction
1/6
Haley's class recycled 5 5/6 boxes of paper in a month. If they recycled another 5 4/5 boxes the next month was is the total amount they recycled?
Addition
11 19/30
A team of four 5th grade students are running in a relay race at Field Day. The total distance of the race is 10 miles, and each person on the team will run an equal distance. How far will each person run?
Fractions as Division
2 1/4 miles
A bag of walnuts was 4 pounds. How many 1/8 of a pound servings are there in a bag?
Division
32 servings
Ethan and Giselle are growing plants for a science experiment. For the first measurement, Ethan’s plant grew ¾ of an inch. Giselle’s plant grew 7/12 of an inch taller than Ethan’s plant. What was the combined growth of the students’ plants for the first measurement?
Addition
1 1/3 inches
Sean picked one-half of a gallon of strawberries. He gave one-third of them to his grandmother. How much of a gallon of strawberries was left?
Multiplication
1/6 of a gallon of strawberries
Isabel had 2 1/4 feet of wrapping paper. She used 2/3 of the paper on gifts. How many feet did she use?
Multiplication
1 1/2 feet
Dillon was trying to find the area of a wall to paint. The length of the wall was 5 yards and the width was 1/3 of a yard. What was the area of the wall?
Multiplication
1 2/3 yd2
Adam spent 10 1/2 hours working on his reading and math homework. If he spent 4 5/10 hours on his reading homework, how much time did he spend on his math homework?
Subtraction
6 hours
Eight waiters are sharing 3 boxes of cookies. What fraction of the box will each person get?
Fractions as Division
3/8 of a box of cookies
Three friends would like to share some brownies. They have ¾ of a pan of brownies to share. How much of the pan will each friend get if they share it equally?
Division
1/4
Each panda in the zoo needs 3/5 of a bamboo plant every day. If there are 14 pandas in the zoo altogether how many bamboo plants does the zoo need every day?
Multiplication
8 2/5
Of the pizzas sold at the pizzeria, ½ were cheese, 1/8 were sausage and ¼ were pepperoni. What fraction more of the pizzas were cheese than sausage and pepperoni?
Addition then subtraction
1/8 more cheese pizzas
Kendall has 3 full pans of brownies. Each pan made 10 brownies. She gave 3/8 of the brownies to her friends. How many brownies did Kendall give away?
Multiplication, Subtraction
11 1/4 brownies
Sam bought a box of fruit that weighed 4 1/3 kilograms. If he bought a second box that weighed 10 3/9 kilograms, what is the combined weight of both boxes?
Addition
14 2/3 kilograms
Jenna has 1 yard of string that she is going to use to make 8 bracelets. She wants to use the same amount of string per bracelet. How much string will she need to make each bracelet?
Fractions as Division
1/8 yard of string
Jamall and his 7 teammates are splitting up the 4 mile relay race. If they each run the same distance, how much would they each run?
Fractions as Division
1/2