Fraction Word Problems With Unlike Denominators

About this worksheet

A free printable 5th grade fraction word problems worksheet: six stories with unlike denominators, fraction times fraction, area, dividing by unit fractions and fraction of an amount. Answer key included. It is a good fit for fifth grade, around ages 10 to 11. Fold a strip of paper into equal parts to check a tricky one.

On this sheet

answer in simplest form. Noah has 3 feet of yarn and cuts it into pieces that are each 1/3 of a foot long. How many pieces does Noah get? 2 friends share 1/2 of a pan of brownies equally. What fraction of the whole pan does each friend get? Maya had $15 and spent 3/5 of it on a book. How much money did Maya spend? A poster is 4/5 of a meter wide and 7/8 of a meter tall.

Tips for using it

• Underline the question and circle the numbers before solving.
• Draw a quick picture of each story before writing the number sentence.
• Shade the parts lightly with a colored pencil to see each fraction.
• Before naming a fraction, have the child count all the parts and write the denominator first, then count the shaded parts for the numerator; most errors come from doing it the other way.

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. Free for personal, family and classroom use.