Newby's Fractions 5th Grade

Fraction Word Problems

100

Ben ate 3/5 of a pizza. Ann ate 5/6 of a pizza. How much pizza did they eat in all?

1 and 13/30

200

My garden in 3/5 full of carrots. A bunny ate 3/4 of them.  What fraction of the garden carrots did the bunny eat?

9/20

300

Alex had a board of wood that was 3 1/4 feet long. He cut off a section that was 2 2/3 long.  How much of the board was left?

7/12 ft.

400

Kamryn had 5 cookies. She cut each of them in half.  How many halves was she able to make?

10/2 or 10 halves or ten halves.

500

Mrs. Wilds ate 2/3 of a Hershy bar every day for 6 days. She also had 1/2 Twix bar on one of the days. How much candy did she eat total?

4 1/2 candy bars.

Fraction Addition

100

1 2/3 +  4  3/9 =

6

200

2  2/3 + 1  3/5 =

4  4/15

300

1  1/3 + 2  3/4 =

4  1/12

400

7/12 + 3/8 = 

23/24

500

3  3/4 + 1  7/9 = 

5  19/36

Fraction Subtraction

100

4/5 - 1/3 =

7/15

200

13/9 - 1/3 =

1  1/9

300

3  2/6 - 5/6 =

2  1/2

400

4  4/6 - 2  2/8 =

2  2/5

500

5  2/9 - 3  4/6 =

1  1/16

Fraction Multiplication

100

4 x 5/8

2 1/2

200

4/5 of 20 = 

8

300

(12)(2/3) = 

8

400

6 x 3/5

3 3/5

500

22 x 3/5

66/5 

or 

13 1/5

Random

100

2/3  x  1/4

1/6

200

8 x  3/4

24/4 = 6

300

Besides Marvel Superheroes, What is my 2nd favorite toy line?

Transformers

400

145  x   39

5655

500

12,460 divided by 7

1780