All About Time
Unit Fractions
The Product
Word Problem Wiz
100

A soccer game lasts 90 minutes. How many hours and minutes is that?

1 hour and 30 minutes

100

Write 3 x 1/4 as the sum of unit fractions.

1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4

100

Solve:   5 x 1/6 =

5/6

100

Sarah ran 1/3 of a mile every day for 4 days. How far did she run?

Sarah ran 1 and 1/3 miles in 4 days.

200

An astronaut spent 3 weeks in space. How many total days was he there?

21 days

200

True or False: 4/5 is the same as 4 x 1/5.

True

200

Solve:  3 x 2/8 =

6/8

200

A recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar.  If you triple the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

2 and 1/4 cups of sugar

300

A baby is 2 years old. How many months old is the baby?

24 months

300

Rewrite 7  x 1/10 as a fraction.

7/10

300

Solve:  6 x 3/5= 

18/5 = 3 and 3/5

300

A pitcher holds 2 liters of water. If 5 students each drink 1/4 liter, is there enough water?  Explain how you know.

Yes, there is enough water.  The students drank a total of 1 and 1/4 liters of water because 5 x 1/4 = 5/4 = 1 and 1/4.  There are 2 liters.  1 and 1/4 liters is less than 2 liters, so yes, there is enough water.

400

If a school project takes 72 hours to finish, how many full days did it take?

3 days

400

Fill in the blank.  8/3= _____ x 1/3

8

400

Solve:  10 x 4/12 = 

40/12 = 3 and 4/12= 3 and 1/3

400

Each lap of a track 7/8 km. If a runner does 5 laps, what is the total distance?

35/8 = 4 and 3/8 km

500

A marathon runner finished in 180 minutes. How many hours did they run?

3 hours

500

If 12/5= n x 1/5, then what is the value of n? 

n=12

500

Solve:   4 x 5/6 = 

20/6 = 3 and 2/6 = 3 and 1/3

500

A worker paints 5/12 of a wall every hour. How much of the wall is painted after 5 hours?

25/12= 2 and 1/12 of the wall is painted after 5 hours.