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Story Problems
Finding Area
Finding Perimeter
100

3/7 + 2/5

29/35

100

A gardener has 5/6 of a gallon of fertilizer. She needs to divide this fertilizer equally among flower beds, using 1/4 of a gallon for each bed. How many flower beds can the gardener fertilize with 5/6 of a gallon of fertilizer?

3 1/3 flower beds

100


15/28 cm2

100


2 13/14 cm

200

8/9 x 1/2

4/9

200

Max is making a large fruit salad for a party. He has a bowl of strawberries that weighs 7/8 pound. He decides to use 3/4 of a pound of strawberries in the salad.

How many pounds of strawberries will Max have left after making the fruit salad?

1/8 pounds left

200

Find the area of a rectangle with the side lengths of 3 1/4 feet by 1 1/2 feet

4 7/8 ft2

200

Find the perimeter of a rectangle with the side lengths of 3 1/4 feet by 1 1/2 feet

9 1/2 feet

300

5/6 ÷ 1/3

2 1/2

300

Lily is baking cookies and needs different amounts of ingredients. For the first batch, she uses 3/4 cup of brown sugar and 1/2 cup of white sugar. For the second batch, she uses 2/3 cup of brown sugar and 1/3 cup of white sugar.

How much total sugar (both brown and white) does Lily use for both batches of cookies?

2 1/4 cups of sugar total

300

Find the area of a rectangle with the side lengths of 9/10 feet by 8 2/35 feet

7 144/175 ft2

300

Find the perimeter of a rectangle with the side lengths of 9/10 feet by 8 2/35 feet

18 2/35 feet

400

4 7/30 + 5 5/12

9 13/20

400

Sophia is organizing a large charity event and needs to prepare gift baskets for the attendees. She is assembling baskets with different types of gourmet chocolates.

  • For the first batch of baskets, Sophia plans to add 3/4 of a pound of dark chocolate and 2/5 of a pound of milk chocolate to each basket.
  • For the second batch, Sophia decides to add 5/6 of a pound of dark chocolate and 7/10 of a pound of milk chocolate to each basket.

She is making 3 baskets for each batch.

How much total chocolate (in pounds) will she use for all the baskets after adding the dark and milk chocolates from both batches?

8 1/20 pounds 

400

Find the area of a rectangle with the side lengths of 14 cm by 3/8 cm

5 1/4 cm2

400

Find the perimeter of a rectangle with the area of lengths of 10 cm2 and one side length of 3/5 cm

34 8/15

500

4 8/11 - 2 13/14

1 123/154

500

A bakery is preparing to sell custom-sized loaves of sourdough bread at a local farmer's market. Each loaf of bread requires the following ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup of water
  • 2/5 cup of flour
  • 1/6 teaspoon of salt

The bakery plans to make 4 1/3 loaves of bread each day for 5 days.

How many total cups of water, total cups of flour, and total teaspoons of salt will the bakery need for the 5 days?

  • The bakery will need 16 1/4 cups of water for 5 days.
  • The bakery will need 8 2/3 cups of flour for 5 days.
  • The bakery will need 3 11/18 teaspoons of salt for 5 days.
500

Find the area of a rectangle with the side lengths of 16/9 yd by 12/13 feet

4 12/13 ft2

500

Find the perimeter of a rectangle with the side lengths of 16/9 yd by 12/13 feet

12 20/39 feet