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Independent practice 2: Fraction Word Problems

Rosen walked 3/4 of a mile before The track is 3/5 of a mile long. If
1. lunch and 1/2 of a mile after lunch. 2. Tyrone jogged around it twice,
How far did she walk in all? how far did he run?

Stephaney ordered two pizzas cut Sanely bought 2¾ yards of red

3. into eighths. If he ate 5/8 of a 4. fabric and 1¼ of blue. How much
pizza, how much was left? cloth did she buy in all?

At birthday Party girls ate 3 ½

Jessie bought 6/9 of a pound of
pizzas and the boys ate 7 ½ pizzas.
5. 6. chocolates and ate 2/3 of a
How many pizzas were eaten at
pound. How much was left?
my party?

Stephen ordered two pizzas cut An square measures 4 1/2 inches

7. into eighths. If he ate 5/8 of a 8. on one side. What is the perimeter
pizza, how much was left? of the square?

The track is 2/5 of a mile long. If I bought 2 ½ gallons of paint but I

9. Nanny jogged around it thrice, 10. used 2/4 gallons of paint. How
how far did he run? much paint do I have left?

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Intermediate skills: Middle School Fraction word problems

Independent practice 1:

Dan bought 1/8 of a pound of My recipe calls for 2/3 cups of

jellybeans and 7/8 pound of white flour and 2 1/5 cups of whole
1 2
gummy bears. How much candy wheat flour. How much flour do I
did he buy? need in total of my recipe?

My dog is 5 ½ years old. My cat is 4 Which apple weighs more, one

3 ½ years younger than my dog. 4 that weighs 3/8 of a pound or one
How old is my cat? that weighs 3/4 of a pound?

At birthday Party girls ate 7 3/4

Bunny bought 7 4/8 yards of red
pizzas and the boys ate 2 ½ pizzas.
5 6 fabric and 7 1/4 of blue. How
How many pizzas were eaten at
much cloth did she buy in all?
my party?

Jessie bought 2/10 of a pound of I bought 5 ½ gallons of paint but I

7 chocolates and ate 1/10 of a 8 used 5/10 gallons of paint. How
pound. How much was left? much paint do I have left?

My cat is 3 ½ years old. My dog is 1 Which apple weighs more, one

9 ½ years younger than my cat. How 10 that weighs 10/12 of a pound or
old is my dog? one that weighs 3/4 of a pound?

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Intermediate skills: Middle School Fraction word problems

Independent practice 2: Fraction word problems

My recipe calls for 1/3 cups of During pie eating contest my dad
white flour and 5 1/3 cups of whole ate 4 pies and my mom ate 6 ¼
1 2
wheat flour. How much flour do I pies. How many pies did they eat
need in total of my recipe? altogether?

Ton bought 2/8 of a pound of

I need to drink 4 1/4 cups of water
jellybeans and 1/8 pound of
3 and 4 1/5 cups of milk every day. 4
gummy bears. How much candy
How much fluid do I have to drink?
did he buy?

The track is 1/5 of a mile long. If Stan ordered two pizzas cut into
5 Nanny jogged around it half, how 6 eighths. If he ate 10/8 of a pizza,
far did he run? how much was left?

At birthday Party girls ate 6 1/8

A rectangle measures 4 1/2 inches
pizzas and the boys ate 10 1/3
7 on one side and 5 1/2. What is the 8
pizzas. How many pizzas were
perimeter of the rectangle?
eaten at my party?

My dog is 6 ½ years old. My cat is 2 I bought 8 4/7 gallons of paint but I

9 ½ years younger than my dog. 10 used 3/7 gallons of paint. How
How old is my cat? much paint do I have left?

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Intermediat e ski l l s: Middle School Frac t ion word problems

Independent practice 3: Fraction word problems

During pie eating contest my dad

My dog is 6 ½ years old. My cat is 2
ate 5 4/12 pies and my mom ate 2
1 2 ½ years younger than my dog.
1/4 pies. How many pies did they
How old is my cat?
eat altogether?

Dick bought 2/3 of a pound of My recipe calls for 5/3 cups of

jellybeans and 2/8 pound of white flour and 6 1/6 cups of
3 4
gummy bears. How much candy whole wheat flour. How much flour
did he buy? do I need in total of my recipe?

Simi has 15 chocolates,1/3 he gave In a class of 27 students, 1/3 are

5 6
to his friends how many are left? boys, how many are girls?

Mary baked a dozen cookies. She

In A team 3/7 players are boys and
ate 5. She gave Missy 4, Cindy 2,
2/3 player are girls. How many
7 8 and Shelly 1. What is the fraction
players are there in total?
for the number of pieces that are
left?

Tinny had 20 baseball cards. He Jane had a whole pie. She cut it
gave Steve 4 cards, Billy 5 cards, into 12 pieces. She ate one piece
9 and Bob 4 cards. What is the 10 and gave Karen and Candy 2
fraction of cards that he gave pieces. What is the fraction of the
away? pie that is left?

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There are 15 children in the park. One-third of them are playing basketball. How
many children are playing basketball? Draw the diagram for help.

Solution:

Step 1 Total number of children in the

park is 15. In the diagram the
number of children are divided into 15
three equal parts.

Step 2 We are given that the number of

children playing basketball as1/3 of
the total number of children
playing.

Step 3 First find 1/3 of 15. The result is = 15 ÷ 3 = 5

the number of children playing
basketball.

Step 4 Thus, 5 children are playing =5

basketball in the garden.

Answer: 5

Practice Problems.

Of the 27 flowers in a vase on the table, 7/9 are pink. How many
1
pink flowers are in the vase?

Of the 30 students on a field trip to a museum, two-fourths

2
forgot to bring their lunch. How many students forgot their lunch?

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Solve. Draw the diagram in each case.

A liter of soda is poured completely into 5 glasses. How much do 3

1
glasses of soda weigh? (1 liter = 1000 ml)

Four-fifths of the 25 nails in the toolbox are bent. How many bent
2
nails are in the toolbox?

A box of matchsticks consists of 96 matchsticks. Of them, 4/6 are

3
damaged. How many matchsticks are damaged?

There are 18 houses on John’s street. Two-ninth of them are painted

4
gray. How many gray houses are there on John's street?

A Mathematics textbook costs $10 and a Physics book cost 3/5 as

5
much. What is cost of 3 textbooks for Mathematics and 3 Physics?

An athlete ran only 3/4 of the distance of the race of 20 miles. What
6
distance in miles did he run?

Alice has a box containing 28 chocolates. She gave 2/7 of the

7
chocolates to Adam. How many chocolates did she give to Adam?

Of the 14 flowers in a vase on the table, four-sevenths are red roses.

8
How many red roses are in the vase?

Four-fifths of the 20 trees in the orchard are mango trees. How many
9
mango trees are in the orchard?

A cap is discounted by 1/4 of its price. The original price is $12.64.

10
How much would 5 caps cost with the discounted price?

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Solve. Draw the diagram in each case.

The school choir has 21 members. 3/7 of the members are girls.
1
How many girls are in the choir?

A book of History costs 5/6 of the cost of a book of Geography which

2 is $18. What is the cost of two books of History and two of
Geography?

A box of pencil contains 36 pencils. If 2/6 are faulty, how many

3
pencils are faulty?

In an orchard there are 18 trees. Of them 2/6 are banyan trees.

4
Then how many banyan trees are there in the orchard?

Of the 15 pizzas ordered for a party, 3/5 have peppers. How many
5
pizzas have peppers?

A bar magnet that weighs 900 g, is divided into 6 equal parts. How
6
much do 3 pieces of bar magnet weigh?

1/4 of the 16 bowls in the cupboard are yellow. How many yellow
7
bowls are in the cupboard?

A pen is discounted by 3/7 of its price. The original price is $21.7.

8
How much would 10 pens cost with the discounted price?

There are 25 books on the shelf. Of them, 2/5 are of Geology. Then
9
how many books are of Geology?

Of the 20 missiles test fired, 3/5 of the missiles were successfully

10
test fired. How many missiles were successfully test fired?

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