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Animal Shelter Volunteer Day: Fraction Word Problems

Grade 5 word problems that multiply fractions and mixed numbers as students feed, walk, and build pens for animals at a shelter.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.B.6

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1 Common Core standard
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12 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students solve real-world problems by multiplying a fraction by a whole number or by another fraction.
Students solve real-world problems by multiplying mixed numbers.
Students choose the multiplication expression that matches a fraction story.

How to use

Use after teaching fraction and mixed number multiplication. Encourage students to write an equation for each story and to give answers greater than 1 as mixed numbers.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.B.6

Solve real-world problems that multiply fractions and mixed numbers.

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Animal Shelter Volunteer Day: Fraction Word Problems

Multiply fractions and mixed numbers to feed, walk, and care for shelter animals.

Feeding and walking

Solve each story by multiplying. Simplify your answers.

Each puppy eats 3/4 cup of food at breakfast. There are 6 puppies. How many cups of food do the puppies eat in all?

6 × 3/4 = cups

A bag of cat food is 2/3 full. Mateo uses 1/4 of the food that is in the bag for dinner. What fraction of a full bag does Mateo use?

1/4 × 2/3 = of a full bag

Hannah walks a dog on a trail that is 5/6 mile long. She walks 3/5 of the trail before the dog stops to rest. Which expression shows how far Hannah walked before the rest?