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Smoothie Stand Fraction Stories

Grade 4 word problems adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators, set at a class smoothie stand, with equations and fraction models.

Grade 4MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to4.NF.B.3.d

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 13 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students solve word problems by adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.
  • Students choose the equation that matches a fraction story problem.
  • Students write and solve their own fraction story problem.

How to use

Read the first story together and model it with a fraction bar. Then let students work in pairs, drawing a bar or writing an equation for each story before they answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

4.NF.B.3.d

Solve story problems that add and subtract fractions with like denominators.

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Smoothie Stand Fraction Stories

Solve story problems by adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators.

Part 1: Blending smoothies

Read each story. Write the answer as a fraction.

1.
Amara puts 3/8 cup of strawberries and 4/8 cup of blueberries in the blender. How many cups of berries does she use?

  cup of berries

2.
The bar shows one full pitcher of smoothie split into sixths. Ben pours 2/6 of the pitcher into one cup and 3/6 of the pitcher into another cup. What fraction of the pitcher does Ben pour in all?

  of the pitcher

3.
Leo uses 4/5 cup of yogurt for a mango smoothie and 3/5 cup of yogurt for a peach smoothie. How much yogurt does he use in all?

  cups of yogurt

4.
A jug of orange juice was 9/10 full. Rosa poured some juice into cups. Now the jug is 4/10 full. Which equation can you use to find how much of the jug Rosa poured?
  • A. 9/10 + 4/10 = ?
  • B. 9/10 − 4/10 = ?
  • C. ? − 4/10 = 9/10
  • D. 4/10 + 9/10 = ?

Part 2: Selling and sharing

Solve each story. Draw a fraction bar if it helps.

5.
The stand starts the day with 11/12 of a bag of ice. By noon, the class has used 7/12 of the bag. What fraction of the bag of ice is left?

  of the bag

6.
Kenji and Maya buy smoothies that are the same size. Kenji drinks 5/8 of his smoothie. Maya drinks 2/8 of her smoothie. How much more of his smoothie did Kenji drink than Maya drank of hers?

  of a smoothie more

7.
A banana smoothie needs 1 cup of milk. Omar has poured 3/8 cup of milk into the blender. How much more milk does he need to pour?

  cup more

8.
Sam makes fruit cups for the stand. Match each story to the equation that solves it.
  1. Sam had 7/8 cup of kiwi. He used 3/8 cup. How much kiwi is left?
  2. Sam used 3/8 cup of kiwi and 2/8 cup of pear. How much fruit did he use?
  3. Sam has 1/8 cup of lime juice. He adds 5/8 cup more. How much lime juice does he have now?
  4. Sam needs 6/8 cup of melon. He has 4/8 cup. How much more melon does he need?
  1. A. 3/8 + 2/8 = 5/8
  2. B. 6/8 − 4/8 = 2/8
  3. C. 7/8 − 3/8 = 4/8
  4. D. 1/8 + 5/8 = 6/8

Part 3: Think it through

Sort, choose, and solve. Then write your own story.

9.
Each smoothie glass holds exactly 1 cup. Two pours go into one glass. Add the two pours. Sort each pair: will both pours fit in one glass, or is it too much?
2/4 cup and 1/4 cup3/4 cup and 3/4 cup4/6 cup and 1/6 cup4/5 cup and 2/5 cup3/8 cup and 3/8 cup5/10 cup and 7/10 cup
Fits (less than 1 cup)Too much (more than 1 cup)
10.
The stand has 1 full tub of frozen yogurt. In the morning, the class uses 5/10 of the tub. In the afternoon, they use 3/10 of the tub. How much of the tub do they use in all? How much of the tub is left?

Used in all:   of the tub
Left:   of the tub

11.
Nina pours 2/6 cup of pineapple juice and 3/6 cup of apple juice into a glass. She says there is 5/12 cup of juice in the glass. Which statement is correct?
  • A. Nina is right, because 6 + 6 = 12.
  • B. There is 5/36 cup, because 6 × 6 = 36.
  • C. There is 5/6 cup, because 2 sixths and 3 sixths make 5 sixths.
  • D. There is 1/6 cup, because 3 − 2 = 1.
12.
Mr. Okafor pours 5/4 cups of pineapple juice into a big punch bowl. Then he pours in 3/4 cup of orange juice. How many cups of juice are in the bowl now?

  cups of juice

13.
Write your own smoothie stand story that can be solved with 7/8 − 2/8. Then solve your story.

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