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Fraction Problems

1) A paintbrush is 1/4 inch wide. How many paintbrush would it take to cover 20/4 inches?

2) A recipe needs 1/2 tablespoon of sugar. How much sugar is needed to cook the recipe 7 times?

3) Ava uses these directions to walk to school:

  • 1/5 mile down Maple St.
  • 2/5 mile down Main St.
  • 1/5 mile down School St.

How far does Ava walk to get to school?

4) Manuel puts 2 1/2 cups of strawberries and 4 1/2 cups of melon into a fruit salad. How much fruit salad did he make?

5) Nala made 5 1/2 cups of fruit salad. She used 1 1/2 cups of kiwi. The rest of the fruit salad is melon. How much melon did she use?

6) Nick is 4 1/2 feet tall and Pat is 3 1/2 feet tall. How much taller is Nick?

7) Kim will read for an hour. She has already read for 37 minutes. How many more minutes will she read?