Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key Page 3
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Fraction Word Problems
Solve each problem.
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1) A chef cooked 8 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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2) It takes
⁄
of a box of nails to build a bird house. If you wanted to
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build 5 bird houses, how many boxes would you need?
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3) A group of 2 friends each received
⁄
of a pound of candy. How
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much candy did they receive total?
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4) Luke stacked 7 pieces of wood on top of one another. If each piece
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was
of a foot tall, how tall was his pile?
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5) A restaurant used 4 pounds of potatoes during a lunch rush. If they
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used
as much beef, how many pounds of beef did they use?
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6) Debby was packing up some of her old stuff into a box. A box can
8
⁄
hold 9 pounds, but she only filled it up
full. How much weight
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was in the box?
7) Paige's hair was originally 7 inches long. She asked her hair dresser
1
⁄
to cut
of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?
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8) A farmer gives each of his horses
2
⁄
of a salt lick a month. If he has
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2 horses, how many salt licks does he use a month?
9) Haley bought a couple packages of gum at the gas station and ate
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⁄
2
of a package each week. How much would she have eaten after 8
weeks?
10) Megan 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 9 times as much
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regular, how many pots of regular did she have?
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