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Maths · Grade 5 · Set A
Fraction stories
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Remember: Say about how much first. Then cut to one bottom (or multiply across), work it out, and check it against your estimate.

Estimate, then work it out

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Mia puts 11/12 cup of flour in a bowl. Then she adds 1/2 cup more. About how much flour is in the bowl?
about 1/2about 1 1/2about 2 1/2
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Mia has 3/4 cup of flour. She uses 3/8 cup to bake bread. How much flour is left? cup
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Mia measures 1/2 cup of flour, then 11/12 cup more. How much flour does she have in all?
12/141 1/121 5/12
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1/3 + 1/4 = 2/7
TrueFalse
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5/6 − 1/3 = 1/2
TrueFalse
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Leo has 2/5 liter of juice. He drinks 3/4 of it. How much juice does he drink? liter

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Leo has 7/8 liter of juice. He shares 2/3 of it with a friend. How much juice does he share? liter
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Ava has 4 1/10 meters of ribbon. She gives 1/2 of it to a friend. About how much ribbon does she give?
about 2about 5about 4 1/2
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Ava cuts 1/6 meter of ribbon for a bow, then 2 7/12 meters more. How much ribbon does she cut in all?
2 8/182 3/43 1/4
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Leo has 4 1/3 liters of juice. He drinks 1 1/6 liters. How much is left?
5 1/23 1/33 1/6
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Join each story to the operation you use.
  1. 1Mia pours more flour into a bowl
  2. 2Mia uses some of her flour to bake
  3. 3Leo drinks 3/4 of his juice
  • Amultiply
  • Badd
  • Csubtract
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Put the steps for 1/2 + 1/3 in order.
  • Add the tops: 3 + 2 = 5, so the sum is 5/6
  • Check that 5/6 is close to the estimate
  • Cut both fractions into sixths: 3/6 and 2/6
  • Say about how much: a bit less than 1
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Mia says 11/12 + 1/2 = 12/14. Use an estimate. Why can't she be right?
12/14 is more than 2.12/14 is less than 1, but 11/12 + 1/2 is more than 1.The bottoms must be added.
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Write a story problem that 1/2 + 1/4 fits. Solve it, then check it with an estimate.
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Answer key · Set A
Fraction stories
1about 1 1/2 11/12 is close to 1, and 1 + 1/2 is about 1 1/2.
23/8 Cut both into eighths: 3/4 = 6/8. Then 6/8 − 3/8 = 3/8.
31 5/12 Cut both into twelfths: 6/12 + 11/12 = 17/12, which is 1 5/12. Do not add the bottoms.
4False Do not add the bottoms. Cut both into twelfths first: 4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12.
5True 1/3 is 2/6. Then 5/6 − 2/6 = 3/6, and 3/6 is 1/2.
63/10 3/4 of 2/5 is 3/4 × 2/5 = 6/20, which is 3/10.
77/12 2/3 of 7/8 is 2/3 × 7/8 = 14/24, which is 7/12.
8about 2 4 1/10 is about 4. Half of 4 is 2, so she gives about 2 meters.
92 3/4 1/6 is 2/12. Then 2/12 + 7/12 = 9/12, which is 3/4. So the total is 2 3/4 meters.
103 1/6 Cut into sixths: 4 1/3 is 4 2/6. Take away 1 1/6: the wholes 4 − 1 = 3 and the parts 2/6 − 1/6 = 1/6. So 3 1/6 liters are left.
111-B, 2-C, 3-A
123, 4, 2, 1 Estimate first, then cut to one bottom, then add the tops, and last check the answer against the estimate.
1312/14 is less than 1, but 11/12 + 1/2 is more than 1. 11/12 is nearly 1, so adding 1/2 makes more than 1. But 12/14 is less than 1. Her mistake was adding the bottoms.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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