Fraction word problems worksheets
When the pieces are the same size, add or subtract the tops and keep the bottom. To find a fraction of a number, divide by the bottom first.
Three grades, each its own sheet. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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4th grade Core grade
Fraction word problems for fourth grade run three story types: adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator, multiplying a fraction by a whole number, and finding a fraction of a set, like 3/4 of 20 stickers. Answers can simplify, like 5/10 becoming 1/2, and a sum can pass one whole, like 1 1/6, per 4.NF.B.3 and 4.NF.B.4.
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5th grade
Fraction word problems for grade 5 open up to four story types: adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators (5.NF.A.2), multiplying a fraction by a fraction, like a garden that covers 1/3 of a field with herbs in 1/4 of it (5.NF.B.4), dividing with unit fractions (5.NF.B.7), and the familiar fraction of a number when the sets get big, like 5/6 of 48. Answers can be fractions or mixed numbers now, like 1 1/12 hours of practice.
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6th grade
Grade 6 division goes fraction by fraction, per 6.NS.A.1: a 3/4-meter ribbon cut into 1/8-meter pieces, a jug of paint poured into fractional pots. The question counts how many unit lengths fit, and the answer can come out mixed, like 2 1/2 scoops, when the last unit only partly fits.
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