Fraction Operation Word Problems-5th Grade 1.

About 3/10 of the Earths surface is covered by land, and the rest is water. What fraction of Earths surface is covered by water? 2. A reci e calls for 3/! cu of chocolate chi s and 1 " cu s of walnuts. #a$e%a wants to double the reci e. &ow $any cu s of chocolate chi s and walnuts will she use? 3. A concert was 3 ' hours lon(. #he first $usical iece lasted ) hour. #he inter$ission lasted * hour. &ow $any hours was the rest of the concert? +. ,osh lives 21 $iles fro$ wor%. -f his $other drives hi$ . of the way, how $uch further will ,osh have to wal% to (et to wor%? /. 0arcia has seven ac%a(es of eanuts1 each contains . cu s. 0arcia needs si2 cu s of eanuts to $a%e eanut brittle. &ow $any $ore cu s does she need? 3. 4ara and 0att each ordered a $ediu$ i55a. 4ara ate 3/! of her i55a for lunch and 2/! for a snac%. 0att ate 2/+ of his i55a for lunch and 6 for a snac%. Who ate $ore i55a? E2 lain. 7. 8ob wor%ed for //3 hour. &e tiled his (arden for " hour, lanted seeds for 1/3 hour, and watered for the rest of the ti$e. 9or what art of an hour did 8ob water? !. 0r. Willia$s bou(ht seven ba(s of flour. &e used " of the total a$ount of flour on 0onday and 1 6 ba(s of flour on #uesday. &ow $uch flour does he have left? :. 0e(an lans to $a%e 2 costu$es for a school lay. 4he has 10 yards of fabric. 4he needs 3 " yards of fabric for one costu$e and / . yards of fabric for the other. &ow $uch fabric will be leftover? 10. &eather bou(ht 3 " ounds of (ra es and 2 * ounds of cherries. &ow $uch $ore did the (ra es wei(h? 11. ;ustin needs to buy two ieces of lu$ber to use in his (reenhouse. <ne iece should be / * feet and the other iece should be + = feet. -f he cuts both ieces fro$ the sa$e board, what si5e board should he buy? A. 3 feet 8. ! feet >. 10 feet ;. 12 feet 12. ?ic and his tea$$ates had 1 1 hours to ractice drills and run la s. 10 -f they ran for 2// hour, how lon( did they ractice drills? 13. Each $e$ber of the art club $ust contribute at least * of the @200 e2 ense toward a tri to Aew Bor% >ity. 0r. ,anos raised @1+0, 0s. Creco raised @1// dollars, 0rs. ?inci raised @130 and ;r. Arte$isia raised @17/. Who has contributed the a$ount closest to * of the a$ount needed?

1+. <f the students in the orchestra, how $any students lay woodwinds? 32 4tudents

Percussion

Brass

1 2 3

Woodwinds

1/. <$ar has +! ;?;s. <f these, 1/3 are co$edies. <f the re$ainin( ;?;s, 6 are sus ense $ovies. <$ar says that " of the re$ainin( ;?;s are dra$as. #he rest of the ;?;s are s orts $ovies. &ow $any of each %ind of ;?; does <$ar have? a. co$ediesD 131 sus enseD !1 dra$asD 121 s ortsD 12 b. co$ediesD 131 sus enseD +1 dra$asD 21 s ortsD 2 c. co$ediesD 131 sus enseD !1 dra$asD 121 s ortsD 3 d. co$ediesD 2+1 sus enseD 121 dra$asD 31 s ortsD 3 13. 0i%e had : cases of Euice. &e used / * cases at the icnic. &ow $any cases of Euice does he have left? 17. At the $ar%et, strawberries cost @+.00 er ound. -f you aid for 1 6 ounds with a @10 bill, how $uch chan(e would you receive? 1!. >hef Feo bou(ht 1 " ints of strawberries. &e used * int of strawberries to $a%e tarts. &ow $any ints of strawberries does he have left? 1:. >hef Feo bou(ht 1 " ints of strawberries. &e used * of the strawberries to $a%e tarts. &ow $any ints of strawberries does he have left? 20. 4teven had a iece of lu$ber 12 feet lon(. &e used 2/3 of the board for a shelf. &ow lon( was the shelf? 21. 4a$, ,ohn, 0att, and 8ob are (oin( to drive to 9lorida. -t is a : * hour drive. 4a$ drove 1 " hours. ,ohn drove 1 ' hours. 0att drove 2 ) hours. &ow $any hours did 8ob drive if he drove the re$ainin( ti$e? 22. A $a le tree is 12 * feet taller than a buildin(. -f the buildin( is /0 " feet at its ea%, how tall is the $a le tree? 23. ,ohn had a board 33 * inches lon(. &e cut off 1//13 inch so that it would fit a shelf. &ow lon( is the board now? 2+. 0att is runnin( in a 3 $ile race. Each $ile he runs is * of a $inute lon(er than the $ile before it. -f his first $ile is / $inutes, how lon( will it ta%e hi$ to run the entire race? 8onusG &ow $any seconds is this?

2/. Aed wal%ed 2 = $iles fro$ his house to #onys house. #hen Aed and #ony wal%ed 1 " $iles to Eu(enes house. &ow far did Aed wal% alto(ether?

Answers to 9raction < eration Word Hroble$sG/th (rade 1. 7/10 of Earths surface 2. 3 * cu s 3. 2 13/2+ hours +. 7 $iles /. 1 1/3 cu s 3. 0att because * I //! Jusin( co$$on deno$inator of !, 3/! I //!K 7. 1/3 hour !. 2 6 ba(s :. //3 yard 10. * lb 11. ; 12. 7/10 hour 13. 0s. Creco because @1// is the closest to @1/0 1+. 20 students 1/. A 13. 3 6 cases 17. @/ 1!. * int 1:. 3/! int 20. ! feet 21. + 7/2+ hours 22. 33 6 feet 23. 32 13/13 inches 2+. 17 6 $inutes L 1,03/ seconds 2/. + 3/! $iles