Unit Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key printable pdf download

Unit Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key

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Unit Fraction Word Problems

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1) A glass of water was one-third of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 2

liter jug?

2) A water hose used one-eighth of a gallon of water every second. If Haley need to fill up 7

gallon sized containers, how many seconds would it take?

3) A bag of walnuts was 8 pounds. How many one-third of a pound servings are there in a

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bag?

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4) A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-half of a foot long. If you were to cut the

sandwich into 5 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?

5) A pet store had 3 cats to feed. If they only had one-eighth of a bag of cat food and each

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cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

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6) A malt shop used one-seventh of a box of waffle cones every day they were open. How

many days would 4 whole boxes last them?

7) Oliver used one-ninth of a cup of sugar to make a pitcher of lemonade. If he were to pour

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the lemonade into 7 smaller glasses how much sugar would be in each glass?

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8) A container of 4 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the

same amount, how heavy was each?

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9) A store had 4 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if

each day they sold one-fifth of a box?

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10) A lawn mowing company had to mow one-fifth of a mile of grass. To make it quicker,

they split the amount evenly between 4 workers. What fraction of the mile did each

person mow?

11) How many one-sixth cup servings are in 2 cups of pecans?

12) A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl

used one-fourth of a potato?

13) Mike had to write 3 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write

it if he wrote one-half of a page each hour?

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Unit Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key