Writing fractions
Word Problems Worksheet
There are 9 cars in the parking lot. 2 cars are parked
on the left and the other cars are parked on the right.
1. What fraction of the cars are parked on the
right?
2. If 4 cars are white, what fraction of the cars are
white?
3. If 2 cars are sportscars, what fraction of the cars
are sportscars?
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4. If of the cars are minivans, how many minivans
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are there?
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5. During lunch time, 9 of the cars left the parking
lot. How many cars are left?
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Answers
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1. of the cars are parked on the right.
9
4
2. of the cars are white.
9
2
3. of the cars are sportscars.
9
4. There are 5 minivans.
5. 6 cars are left.
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Fractions word problem
Word Problems Worksheet
There are 15 students in a class. 7 of them are boys.
1. What fraction of the class are boys?
2. What fraction of the class are girls?
3. If 11 students ordered pizza, what fraction of the
class ordered pizza?
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4. If of students brings sandwiches for lunch, how
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many students have sandwiches for lunch?
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5. of the students bring their parent consent forms
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for their field trip. How many of the students have
not brought in their forms?
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1. of the students are boys.
15
2. 15 – 7 =8 so there are 8 girls in the class.
8
of the students are girls.
15
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3. of the students ordered pizza.
15
4. 4 students bring sandwiches.
5. 2 students have not brought in their forms.
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Writing fractions (parts of whole, parts of group)
Word Problems Worksheet
There are 11 muffins the kitchen. 3 of the muffins are
in pink muffin cups and the rest are in blue muffin
cups.
1. What fraction of the muffins are in blue muffin
cups?
2. 5 of the muffins are chocolate. What fraction of
the muffins are chocolate muffins?
3. There are 7 muffins with walnut. What fraction of
the muffins contain walnut?
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4. If of the muffins are banana muffins, how many
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banana muffins are there?
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5. Sean eats 11 of the muffins. How many muffins are
left?
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1. 11 – 3 = 8, so there are 8 blue muffin cups.
8
of the muffins are in blue muffin cups.
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2. of the muffins are chocolate muffins.
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3. of the muffins contains walnut.
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4. There are 3 banana muffins.
5. There are 9 muffins left.
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Writing fractions
Word Problems Worksheet
Janna’s short story book has 9 pages. So far, she has
read 5 pages of it.
1. What fraction of the pages has Janna read?
2. What fraction of the pages has Janna not read?
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3. of pages in the story book have illustrations.
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How many pages of the story book have
illustrations?
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4. Two pages in the story book were ripped. What
fraction of the pages were NOT ripped?
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5. Janna spilled water on 9 of the pages in the story
book. How many pages in the story book were
still dry?
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1. Janna has read of the pages in the story book.
9
4
2. Janna has not read of the pages in the story book.
9
3. There are 7 pages of the story book with illustrations.
7
4. of the pages were not ripped.
9
5. There were 8 dry pages in the story book.
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Writing fractions
Word Problems Worksheet
There are 7 cakes displayed at the bakery. Three of
these cakes are chocolate.
1. What fraction of the cakes at the bakery are
chocolate?
2. If 2 of the cakes are carrot cake, what fraction of
the cakes at the bakery are NOT carrot?
3. If 4 of the cakes are two-layered cakes, what
fraction of the cakes at the
bakery are two-layered cakes?
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4. If of the cakes were already sold, how many
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cakes were already sold?
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5. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, 7 of the cakes were
sold. How many of the cakes were left?
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1. of the cakes at the bakery are chocolate.
7
5
2. of the cakes at the bakery are not carrot.
7
4
3. of the cakes at the bakery are two-layered.
7
4. 3 cakes were already sold.
5. There was 1 cake left.
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Writing fractions
Word Problems Worksheet
James received 11 candies from his mother. Three of
them were strawberry flavored candies.
1. What fraction of the candies were strawberry
flavored?
2. Two of the candies were caramel flavored. What
fraction of the candies were caramel?
3. The other 6 candies were banana flavored. What
fraction of the candies were NOT banana
flavored?
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4. If of the candies were wrapped in red, how
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many candies were wrapped in red paper?
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5. James gave 11 of the candies to his brother. How
many candies does James have left?
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1. of the candies were strawberry flavored.
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2
2. of the candies were caramel.
11
5
3. 11 – 6, so of the candies were not banana flavored.
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4. 5 candies were wrapped in red paper.
5. He has 4 candies left.
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