Word Problems with Fractions

DIVISION (“sharing” type questions)

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1. A wine glass can hold of a litre of wine. How many glasses of wine can be filled with a 3
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litre bottle?

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2. How many pieces of wood, each metres long can be cut from a plank 235m long?
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3. If I had to transfer 3 litres of water from one container to another with only a mug which
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can hold of a litre each time, how many times will I need to use the mug?
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4. A sum of £40 is shared between several people so each receives of a pound. How many
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people receive a share?

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5. The Jones family eats of a packet of biscuits every day. How long will 27 packets last the
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family?

MULTIPLICATION (“multiple adding” type questions)

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1. Ben eats of a packet of crisps every day. How many packets of crisps will he eat in 30
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days?

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2. If one sheet of paper is cm thick, how thick is a pad containing 180 sheets?
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3. A donkey eats a hay bale a week. How many hay bales does he eat in 24 days?
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4. A soldier drinks of a litre of water a day. How many litres will he need for 14 days?
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MIXED QUESTIONS
(Hint: is it a “sharing” or “multiple addition” type question?)
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1. How many bags of marbles, each of a kg each can be made from a sack of marbles
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which weighs 280kg?

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2. If Sam grows cm a day, how much taller will he be in 30 days?
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3. If a chicken has 4kg of corn, how many days will it last it if it eats of a kg of corn a day?
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4. Magazines are inch thick. How thick will a stack of 15 magazines be?
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5. A Lego brick is of a cm long, how long will the total length of 336 bricks be?
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6. Jane uses of her ink cartridge every English lesson. How many lessons will 20 cartridges
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last her?

Can you make up your own word problem? Calculate the answer and write it in the back of
your book. Give it to your partner to try and solve. Check their answer!