Unit Fraction Word Problems Worksheet With Answer Key Page 7
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Unit Fraction Word Problems
Solve each problem.
A n s w e r s
1) A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl
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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
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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?
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4) A chef used one-half of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 4 people, what
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fraction of the bag did each person get?
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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
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if he wrote one-sixth of a page each hour?
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7) A sub shop sold sandwiches that were one-half of a foot long. If you were to cut the
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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
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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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