Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answers Page 7

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Fraction Word Problems
Solve each word problem. Make sure your answer is not an improper fraction.
A n s w e r s
Two friends each received two fifths of a pound of candy. How much
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candy did they receive total?
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A dog groomer could clean eight dogs in an hour. How many could they
2)
clean in two ninths of an hour?
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On Monday it snowed seven inches. The next day it snowed four
3)
sevenths that amount. How much did it snow on the second day?
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Each day a company used two sevenths of a box of paper. How many
4)
boxes would they have used after two days?
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Bianca collected three times as many bags of cans as her friend. If her
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friend collected six ninths of a bag. How many bags did Bianca collect?
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Lana's hair was originally six inches long. She asked her hair dresser to
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cut six ninths of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?
A bakery used eight cups of flour to make a full size cake. If they
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wanted to make a cake that was two sixths the size, how many cups of
flour would they need?
Debby made spicy and regular chili for the chili cook-off. She made
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enough spicy to fill up two thirds of a pot. If she made three times as
much regular, how many pots of regular did she have?
A restaurant used eight pounds of potatoes during a lunch rush. If they
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used six sevenths as much beef, how many pounds of beef did they use?
It takes four ninths of a box of nails to build a bird house. If you wanted
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to build seven bird houses, how many boxes would you need?
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