Fraction word problems (unit fraction)

Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheet

1. A baker is making croissants. He has 18 pounds of dough. Each

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croissant is made from pounds of dough. How many croissants
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can he make?

2. The kitchen assistant is helping the chef to serve soup. The chef
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made 3 pots of soup and the assistant is putting cups of
16
cream on top of the soup in each bowl. There are 12 cups of
cream. How many bowls of soup can the assistant help
prepare?

3. According to the food label on a box cookies, each box has 16

servings and each serving contains 4 cookies. The weight of the
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box of cookies is kilograms. What is the weight of each
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cookie?

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4. Grandma made an apple pie. Josh and his brother Joe finished
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of it. Then, three friends came over and shared the leftover
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pie. How much of the pie did each friend eat?

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5. Each batch of cupcake mix requires of a cup of milk.
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According to the recipe, the batch can make 12 small
cupcakes or 8 large cupcakes. If Emma makes a batch of
large cupcakes, how much milk is used for each cupcake?

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6. Olivia used pound of peppers and pound of cheese to
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make 3 pizzas. If she uses the same recipe to make 5 pizzas,
how much cheese is needed?

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Answers
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1. 18 ÷ = 144
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The baker can make 144 croissants.
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2. 12 ÷ = 192
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The assistant can help prepare 192 bowls of soup.
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3. ÷ 16 ÷ 4 =
2 128
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Each cookie weighs kilograms.
128

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4. (1 − 5) ÷ 3 = 15
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Each friend ate of the pie.
15

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5. ÷8=
3 24
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cup of milk is used for each large cupcake.
24

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6. ÷3×5=
15 9
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pound of cheese is used to make 5 pizzas.
9

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