Fraction Operation Word Problems-5th Grade

1. About 3/10 of the Earth’s surface is covered by land, and the rest is water. What fraction of Earth’s surface is covered by water?

2. A recipe calls for 3/8 cup of chocolate chips and 1 ½ cups of walnuts. Tameka wants to double the recipe. How many cups of chocolate chips and walnuts will she use?

3. A concert was 3 ⅝ hours long. The first musical piece lasted ⅓ hour. The intermission lasted ¾ hour. How many hours was the rest of the concert?

4. Josh lives 21 miles from work. If his mother drives him ⅔ of the way, how much further will Josh have to walk to get to work?

5. Marcia has seven packages of peanuts; each contains ⅔ cups. Marcia needs six cups of peanuts to make peanut brittle. How many more cups does she need?

6. Sara and Matt each ordered a medium pizza. Sara ate 3/8 of her pizza for lunch and 2/8 for a snack. Matt ate 2/4 of his pizza for lunch and ¼ for a snack. Who ate more pizza? Explain.

7. Bob worked for 5/6 hour. He tiled his garden for ½ hour, planted seeds for 1/6 hour, and watered for the rest of the time. For what part of an hour did Bob water?

8. Mr. Williams bought seven bags of flour. He used ½ of the total amount of flour on Monday and 1 ¼ bags of flour on Tuesday. How much flour does he have left?

9. Megan plans to make 2 costumes for a school play. She has 10 yards of fabric. She needs 3 ½ yards of fabric for one costume and 5 ⅔ yards of fabric for the other. How much fabric will be leftover?

10. Heather bought 3 ½ pounds of grapes and 2 ¾ pounds of cherries. How much more did the grapes weigh?

11. Dustin needs to buy two pieces of lumber to use in his greenhouse. One piece should be 5 ¾ feet and the other piece should be 4 ⅞ feet. If he cuts both pieces from the same board, what size board should he buy?

A. 6 feet B. 8 feet C. 10 feet D. 12 feet12. Vic and his teammates had 1 1 hours to practice drills and run laps. 10 If they ran for 2/5 hour, how long did they practice drills?

13. Each member of the art club must contribute at least ¾ of the $200 expense toward a trip to New York City. Mr. Janos raised $140, Ms. Greco raised $155 dollars, Mrs. Vinci raised $160 and Dr. Artemisia raised $175. Who has contributed the amount closest to ¾ of the amount needed?

14. Of the students in the orchestra, how many students play woodwinds?

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15. Omar has 48 DVDs. Of these, 1/3 are comedies. Of the remaining DVDs, ¼ are suspense movies. Omar says that ½ of the remaining DVDs are dramas. The rest of the DVDs are sports movies. How many of each kind of DVD does Omar have?

a. comedies: 16; suspense: 8; dramas: 12; sports: 12b. comedies: 16; suspense: 4; dramas: 2; sports: 2c. comedies: 16; suspense: 8; dramas: 12; sports: 6d. comedies: 24; suspense: 12; dramas: 6; sports: 6

16. Mike had 9 cases of juice. He used 5 ¾ cases at the picnic. How many cases of juice does he have left?

17. At the market, strawberries cost $4.00 per pound. If you paid for 1 ¼ pounds with a $10 bill, how much change would you receive?

18. Chef Leo bought 1 ½ pints of strawberries. He used ¾ pint of strawberries to make tarts. How many pints of strawberries does he have left?

19. Chef Leo bought 1 ½ pints of strawberries. He used ¾ of the strawberries to make tarts. How many pints of strawberries does he have left?

20. Steven had a piece of lumber 12 feet long. He used 2/3 of the board for a shelf. How long was the shelf?

21. Sam, John, Matt, and Bob are going to drive to Florida. It is a 9 ¾ hour drive. Sam drove 1 ½ hours. John drove 1 ⅝ hours. Matt drove 2 ⅓ hours. How many hours did Bob drive if he drove the remaining time?

22. A maple tree is 12 ¾ feet taller than a building. If the building is 50 ½ feet at its peak, how tall is the maple tree?

23. John had a board 33 ¾ inches long. He cut off 15/16 inch so that it would fit a shelf. How long is the board now?

24. Matt is running in a 3 mile race. Each mile he runs is ¾ of a minute longer than the mile before it. If his first mile is 5 minutes, how long will it take him to run the entire race? Bonus- How many seconds is this?

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25. Ned walked 2 ⅞ miles from his house to Tony’s house. Then Ned and Tony walked 1 ½ miles to Eugene’s house. How far did Ned walk altogether?

Answers to Fraction Operation Word Problems-5th grade

1. 7/10 of Earth’s surface2. 3 ¾ cups3. 2 13/24 hours4. 7 miles5. 1 1/3 cups6. Matt because ¾ > 5/8 (using common denominator of 8, 6/8 > 5/8)7. 1/6 hour8. 2 ¼ bags9. 5/6 yard10. ¾ lb11. D12. 7/10 hour13. Ms. Greco because $155 is the closest to $15014. 20 students15. A16. 3 ¼ cases17. $518. ¾ pint19. 3/8 pint20. 8 feet21. 4 7/24 hours22. 63 ¼ feet23. 32 13/16 inches24. 17 ¼ minutes = 1,035 seconds25. 4 3/8 miles