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Animal Shelter Fraction Stories

Grade 5 word problems adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators, plus benchmark estimates, set at an animal shelter.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.A.2

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Single worksheet
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1 Common Core standard
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13 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: Math
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students solve story problems by adding fractions with unlike denominators that refer to the same whole.
Students solve story problems by subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
Students use benchmark fractions like 1/2 and 1 to check whether an answer is reasonable.

How to use

Use after students can add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. Ask them to estimate with 1/2 and 1 before solving each story, then check the answer against the estimate.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.A.2

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

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Animal Shelter Fraction Stories

Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators to solve shelter problems.

Adding at the shelter

Read each story. Find a common denominator, then solve. Write your answer as a fraction or mixed number.

A food bin at the shelter started out empty. Volunteers filled 1/2 of the bin in the morning and 1/3 of the bin in the afternoon. What fraction of the bin is full now?

of the bin is full.

Kai walked a beagle 3/4 mile before lunch and 2/3 mile after lunch. How far did he walk the beagle in all?

Kai walked the beagle miles.

Lucia used 1/6 of a bottle of shampoo to wash a puppy. She used 3/8 of the same bottle to wash a big dog. How much of the bottle did she use?

Lucia used of the bottle.

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