πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.A.2
🥾 Unlike fraction stories
Fraction story problems; estimate
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Zoe had 1/2 of a bag of flour and used 1/4 of a bag. How much is left?
Answer: ______________ of a bag
2A pitcher has 3/6 of a liter of lemonade. Omar adds 4/5 of a liter of water. How much is in the pitcher now?
Answer: ______________ liters
3Aiden adds 1/5 of a mile and 4/8 of a mile and says the total is 7/10 of a mile. Is that reasonable?
- AYes, it makes sense
- BNo, it can't be right
4Omar adds 6/8 of a mile and 4/5 of a mile and says the total is 10/13 of a mile. Is that reasonable?
- AYes, it makes sense
- BNo, it can't be right
5A pitcher has 1/6 of a liter of lemonade. Leo adds 1/4 of a liter of water. How much is in the pitcher now?
Answer: ______________ liters
6Leo hiked 1/3 of a mile, rested, then hiked 1/2 of a mile more. How far did Leo hike in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
7Priya adds 1/2 of a mile and 4/8 of a mile and says the total is 5/10 of a mile. Is that reasonable?
- AYes, it makes sense
- BNo, it can't be right
8Omar hiked 4/8 of a mile, rested, then hiked 1/2 of a mile more. How far did Omar hike in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
9Priya hiked 2/4 of a mile, rested, then hiked 2/3 of a mile more. How far did Priya hike in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
10Maya adds 1/6 of a mile and 1/8 of a mile and says the total is 7/24 of a mile. Is that reasonable?
- AYes, it makes sense
- BNo, it can't be right
11A pitcher has 1/2 of a liter of lemonade. Sam adds 2/5 of a liter of water. How much is in the pitcher now?
Answer: ______________ liters
12Sam ran 2/3 of a mile and Omar ran 2/4 of a mile. How much farther did Sam run?
Answer: ______________ mile
Answer key: Unlike fraction stories
- 1. 1/4 of a bag
- 2. 13/10 liters
- 3. A (Yes, it makes sense)
- 4. B (No, it can't be right)
- 5. 5/12 liters
- 6. 5/6 miles
- 7. B (No, it can't be right)
- 8. 1 miles
- 9. 7/6 miles
- 10. A (Yes, it makes sense)
- 11. 9/10 liters
- 12. 1/6 mile
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