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Fraction Word Problems (+, - , *)

Class
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 24mins
Date
Instructor name: Ms. roohi fatima

1. 3 friends go out for lunch. They share a large stromboli. Tony eats 2/8, Elise eats 3/8, and Greg eats 3/8
of the stromboli. How much of the stromboli did they eat?

a) 5/8 b) 6/8

c) 0 d) 1

2. Cassandra uses 5 bottles of ketchup in a recipe. If each bottle is 5/8 of a pound, how many pounds of
ketchup did she use?

a) b)
5 45 2 10
5 or 1 or
8 8 8 8
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c) d)
1 25 25
3 or
8 8 40
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3.
3 5
Cindy Lou is making purple paint. She mixes 2 cups of blue paint with 3 cups of red paint.
10 10
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How many cups of purple paint will she have?

a) b)
8 8
6 1
10 10
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c) d)
2 8
2 5
10 10
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e)
8
5
20
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4. Rosalie and Robin have a contest. They both make a paper airplane and see whose can fly the furthest.

4 1
Rosalie's plane goes 8 yards. Robin's plane goes 6 yards. How much further did Rosalie's
6 6
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plane fly?

a) b)
4 3
2 14
6 6
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c) d)
5 3
2 2
6 6
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e)
5
14
6
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5. Jack's card collection book has 9/12 of the pages empty. He buys more cards. His new cards fill 3/12 of
the books pages. What fraction of the books pages are still empty?

a) b)
7 12
12 12
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c) d)
6 0
12 12
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6. Stephen bakes cookies every night for a fundraiser. If he bakes 3/4 of a pound of cookies every night,
how many pounds of cookies will he have after 10 days?

a) b)
13 1 37 1
or 3 or 9
4 4 4 4
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c) d)
30 30 2
or 7
40 4 4
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7. When Bryar starts a project, he has 82/100 of a bottle of glue. He uses 36/100 of the bottle for the
project. How much of the bottle of glue is left?

a) b)
54 46
100 100
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c) d)
118 18 56
or 1
100 100 100
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8. Jonny needs 3/4 cups flour for his pizza recipe. If he wants to make 6 pizzas, how many cups of flour
does he need?

a) b)
2 18 18
4 or
4 4 24
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c) d)
1 9 3 27
2 or 6 or
4 4 4 4
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