Grade 5 Fraction Word Problems

Grade 5 Fraction Word Problems

Read each word problem carefully and solve it. Show your work.

1. Sarah ate 1/4 of a pizza, and Tom ate 3/8 of the same pizza. How much pizza did they eat in total?

2. A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you only have 1/6 cup of sugar, how much more sugar do you need?

3. John has 5/6 of a chocolate bar. He wants to give 1/2 of his portion to his friend. What fraction of the whole chocolate bar will his friend receive?

4. A baker has 3/4 pound of flour. If each cake requires 1/8 pound of flour, how many cakes can the baker make?

5. Emily drank 1/3 of a bottle of water in the morning and 1/2 of the bottle in the afternoon. She drank a total of   of the bottle. If the bottle originally had 24 ounces, she drank   ounces.

6. A rope is 4/5 meter long. If you cut off 1/4 meter, how much rope is left?