
Problems
Here are four problems for you to practice solving word problems with fractions. There are hints and videos if you need help.
1. Junior's brother is meters tall. Junior is
of his brother's height.
How tall is Junior?
2. Eric has started running for exercise. He recorded the number of kilometers he ran each day this week in the table below.
On Monday, Eric ran of the distance that he ran on Friday.
Fill in the number of kilometers that Eric ran on Monday in the table below.
Day | Number of kilometers run |
Monday | _____ |
Wednesday | |
Friday |
3. Talia
spent of this week's allowance on candy. Of the money
she spent on candy,
was spent on gummy bears.
What fraction of this week's allowance did Talia spend on gummy bears?
_____ of this week's allowance
4. A punch bowl had liters of juice in it. Liam drank
of the juice in the bowl.
How many liters of juice did Liam drink?
_____ of a liter
Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fifth-grade-math/5th-multiply-fractions/imp-multiplying-fractions-word-problems/e/multiplying-fractions-by-fractions-word-problems This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.