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Unit Fraction Word Problems
Solve each problem.
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1
⁄
⁄
42
28
14
42
16
1.
1
1
1
⁄
⁄
⁄
35
24
2.
18
8
30
3.
1) A chef had 7 potatoes. How many bowls of mashed potatoes could he make if each bowl
1
⁄
used
of a potato?
5
4.
1
2) A container of 7 metal beams weighed
⁄
of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount,
5.
6
how heavy was each?
6.
1
3) At the end of the day a restaurant had
⁄
of a pound of leftover food. If 2 employees
8
wanted to split it, how much would each employee get?
7.
8.
1
4) A chef used
⁄
of a bag of potatoes for a meal. If the potatoes fed 4 people, what fraction of
2
the bag did each person get?
9.
1
5) A bulldozer could carry
⁄
of a ton of sand. If a park needed 3 tons of sand, how many
8
10.
loads would the bulldozer need to carry?
6) John had to write 7 pages for a book report. How many hours would it take him to write it
1
⁄
if he wrote
of a page each hour?
6
1
7) A sub shop sold sandwiches that were
⁄
of a foot long. If you were to cut the sandwich
2
into 9 equal pieces, what fraction of a foot would each piece be?
1
8) A bakery used
⁄
of a bag of chocolate chips to make 6 batches of cookies. How much of
5
the bag did they use for each batch?
1
9) Lana was trying to collect 4 pounds of cans to recycle. If she collects
⁄
of a pound each
7
day, how many days will it take to collect 4 pounds?
10) A glass of water was
1
⁄
of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 2 liter jug?
7
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