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Unit Fraction Word Problems
Solve each problem.
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1
⁄
⁄
16
24
28
45
49
1.
1
1
1
⁄
⁄
⁄
6
49
2.
64
15
32
3.
1) A lawn mowing company had to mow
1
⁄
of a mile of grass. To make it quicker, they split
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the amount evenly between 8 workers. What fraction of the mile did each person mow?
4.
1
2) A bakery used
⁄
of a bag of chocolate chips to make 3 batches of cookies. How much of
5.
5
the bag did they use for each batch?
6.
1
3) A container of 8 metal beams weighed
⁄
of a ton. If every beam weighed the same amount,
8
how heavy was each?
7.
8.
1
4) A farmer was dividing up his
⁄
of an acre of land between his 9 children. Since each child
5
got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?
9.
1
5) A moving company had
⁄
of a ton of weight to move across town. If they wanted to split
7
10.
it equally amongst 7 trips, how much weight would they have on each trip?
6) Robin had picked 7 bags of oranges. How many glasses of orange juice could she make if
1
⁄
each glass took
of a bag?
7
7) A store had 8 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if
1
⁄
each day they sold
of a box?
2
1
8) A glass of water was
⁄
of a liter. How many glasses would it take to fill up a 2 liter jug?
3
1
9) A water hose used
⁄
of a gallon of water every second. If Olivia need to fill up 6 gallon
4
sized containers, how many seconds would it take?
10) How many
1
⁄
cup servings are in 7 cups of pecans?
4
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