Free printable fraction word problems with real stories — sharing a pizza, walking part of a path, following a recipe — each with a fraction bar or number line to reason with. Every worksheet is a one-click PDF with an answer key. Choose a grade below.
These free fraction word problem worksheets put fractions in situations kids know — slices of pizza, parts of a path, cups in a recipe, a ribbon being cut — and pair each one with a fraction bar or number line so students reason about the fraction instead of memorizing a rule. Grade 3 covers parts of a whole, what is left, fractions on a number line, and comparing; grade 4 adds and subtracts like denominators, checks equivalent fractions, and multiplies a fraction by a whole number; grade 5 adds and subtracts unlike denominators, finds a fraction of a group, shares wholes as fractions, and takes a fraction of a fraction.
Print for a math center or homework, or download the PDF. Every worksheet includes an answer key. For fraction skill practice without the word-problem context, see our fractions worksheets.