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

used one-fifth of a potato?

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2) A container of 7 metal beams weighed one-sixth of a ton. If every beam weighed the

same amount, how heavy was each?

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3) At the end of the day a restaurant had one-eighth of a pound of leftover food. If 2

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employees wanted to split it, how much would each employee get?

4) A chef used one-half of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 4 people, what

fraction of the bag did each person get?

5) A bulldozer could carry one-eighth of a ton of sand. If a park needed 3 tons of sand, how

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many loads would the bulldozer need to carry?

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6) John had to write 7 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write it

if he wrote one-sixth of a page each hour?

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

sandwich into 9 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?

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8) A bakery used one-fifth of a bag of chocolate chips to make 6 batches of cookies. How

much of the bag did they use for each batch?

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9) Lana was trying to collect 4 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects one-seventh of a

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pound each day, how many days will it take to collect 4 pounds?

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

liter jug?

11) A farmer was dividing up his one-fourth of an acre of land between his 4 children. Since

each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?

12) How many one-fourth cup servings are in 3 cups of pecans?

13) Dave used one-seventh of a cup of sugar to make a pitcher of lemonade. If he were to

pour the lemonade into 4 smaller glasses how much sugar would be in each glass?

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Unit Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key