{"id":141,"date":"2022-04-12T06:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T06:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2025-11-19T06:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:53:30","slug":"f-3-unit-fractions-word-problems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/f-3-unit-fractions-word-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"F.3 Unit fractions: word problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Unit fractions: word problems<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-huge-font-size\" style=\"color:#74008b\"><strong>Key Notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>1\ufe0f\u20e3 What is a Unit Fraction?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>unit fraction<\/strong> has <strong>1 as the numerator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Example: 1\/2 , 1\/3 , 1\/4\u200b \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Think of it as <strong>one part of a whole<\/strong>! \ud83c\udf70<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>2\ufe0f\u20e3 How to Solve Word Problems with Unit Fractions?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Read the problem carefully \ud83d\udc40<br><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Identify the <strong>whole<\/strong> \ud83c\udfe0 or total amount<br><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Find the <strong>unit fraction part<\/strong><br><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Multiply or divide to find the answer \u2716\ufe0f\u2797<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>3\ufe0f\u20e3 Words That Help Identify Fractions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Half<\/strong> = 1\/2\u200b \u2702\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Third<\/strong> = 1\/3\u200b \ud83c\udf4e<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quarter \/ Fourth<\/strong> = 1\/4\ud83c\udf6b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fifth<\/strong> = 1\/5\u200b \ud83c\udf82<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>4\ufe0f\u20e3 Examples of Word Problems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pizza Problem \ud83c\udf55<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is <strong>1 pizza<\/strong> cut into 4 equal slices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If Ravi eats <strong>1 slice<\/strong>, what fraction of pizza did he eat?<br><strong>Answer:<\/strong> 1\/4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Water Problem \ud83d\udca7<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A tank has <strong>12 liters of water<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If 1 liter is taken out, what fraction of the tank is taken?<br><strong>Answer:<\/strong> 1\/12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>5\ufe0f\u20e3 Tips &amp; Tricks \ud83c\udf1f<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always check <strong>what the \u201cwhole\u201d is<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Draw a <strong>diagram or pie chart<\/strong> to visualize fractions \ud83d\udd8d\ufe0f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unit fractions always <strong>show only 1 part of the whole<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>real-life examples<\/strong> like slices of pizza, pieces of chocolate, or parts of money \ud83d\udcb5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>6\ufe0f\u20e3 Quick Emoji Guide for Fractions \ud83c\udf70<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1\/2 = \ud83c\udf55<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/3\u200b = \ud83c\udf4e\ud83c\udf4e\ud83c\udf4e (1 part out of 3)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4 = \ud83c\udf6b\ud83c\udf6b\ud83c\udf6b\ud83c\udf6b (1 part out of 4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#105000\"><strong>Learn with an example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#c7b7f4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude00Samantha&nbsp;is preparing cheese plates for her chess club&#8217;s holiday party. She cuts a block of Gruyere into&nbsp;2&nbsp;equal&nbsp;pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>What&nbsp;fraction represents each piece of the block of&nbsp;Gruyere?<\/strong> ______<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The&nbsp;block of Gruyere is the&nbsp;whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha&nbsp;cuts the block of Gruyere into&nbsp;2&nbsp;equal pieces. The denominator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-32.png 448w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-32-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each&nbsp;piece is one equal part. The numerator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13891\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5.627659574468085;width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-33.png 529w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-33-300x53.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;fraction&nbsp;<strong>1\/2&nbsp;<\/strong>represents each piece of the block of&nbsp;Gruyere.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#b7f7b9\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\ud83d\ude00 In&nbsp;a far off land, a magical gem keeps the fairy palace safe. A mean witch breaks the gem into&nbsp;3&nbsp;equal pieces and scatters them into the wind. Sir Goodheart is a brave knight who promises to help the fairies by finding all the&nbsp;pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>What&nbsp;fraction represents each piece of the&nbsp;gem?<\/strong> __<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The&nbsp;gem is the&nbsp;whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;mean witch breaks the gem into&nbsp;3&nbsp;equal pieces. The denominator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>3<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"433\" height=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-34.png 433w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-34-300x53.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each&nbsp;piece is one equal part. The numerator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"516\" height=\"91\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-35.png 516w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-35-300x53.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;fraction&nbsp;<strong>1\/3<\/strong>&nbsp;represents each piece of the&nbsp;gem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\" style=\"background-color:#c7d2fb\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>\ud83d\ude00 Jasper&#8217;s&nbsp;hobby is building robots. His oldest robot has stopped running. Jasper needs to replace some of its wires. He cuts a long wire into&nbsp;4&nbsp;equal&nbsp;pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#b00012\"><strong>What&nbsp;fraction represents each piece of the&nbsp;wire?<\/strong> __<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The&nbsp;wire is the&nbsp;whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasper&nbsp;cuts the wire into&nbsp;4&nbsp;equal pieces. The denominator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-36.png 437w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-36-300x46.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Each&nbsp;piece is one equal part. The numerator of the fraction is&nbsp;<strong>1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-37.png 504w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-37-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;fraction&nbsp;<strong>1\/4&nbsp;<\/strong>represents each piece of the&nbsp;wire.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/102418\/740\/219\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-211.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-211.png 500w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-211-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-2-211-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/102419\/055\/648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-223.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-223.png 500w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-223-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Worksheet-1-1-1-223-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit fractions: word problems Key Notes : 1\ufe0f\u20e3 What is a Unit Fraction? 2\ufe0f\u20e3 How to Solve Word Problems with Unit Fractions? Step 1: Read the problem carefully \ud83d\udc40Step 2: Identify the whole \ud83c\udfe0 or total amountStep 3: Find the unit fraction partStep 4: Multiply or divide to find the answer \u2716\ufe0f\u2797 3\ufe0f\u20e3 Words That<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/f-3-unit-fractions-word-problems\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;F.3 Unit fractions: word problems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16335,"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/16335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}