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Fraction Word Problems
Solve each problem.
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1) Olivia needed
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of a cup of water for 1 flower. If she had 9 flowers
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how many cups would she need?
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2) A pitcher could hold
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of a gallon of water. If Henry filled up 7
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pitchers, how much water would he have?
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3) A group of 3 friends each received
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of a pound of candy. How
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much candy did they receive total?
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4) Each day a company used
9
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of a box of paper. How many boxes
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would they have used after 4 days?
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5) Oliver lived 4 miles from his school. If he rode his bike
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of the
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distance and then walked the rest, how far did he ride his bike?
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6) On Monday it snowed 4 inches. The next day it snowed
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that
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amount. How much did it snow on the second day?
7) A bakery used 2 cups of flour to make a full size cake. If they
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wanted to make a cake that was
the size, how many cups of flour
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would they need?
8) It takes
2
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of a box of nails to build a bird house. If you wanted to
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build 7 bird houses, how many boxes would you need?
9) Katie made spicy and regular chili for the chili cookoff. She made
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enough spicy to fill up
of a pot. If she made 5 times as much
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regular, how many pots of regular did she have?
10) A chef cooked 2 kilograms of mashed potatoes for a dinner party. If
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the guests only ate
of the amount he cooked, how much did they
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eat?
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