5th Grade Enriched Math Fraction Menu Project

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Project Due Date: ______________________________________
Main Course Problem Choices Choose one problem to solve and
present to a group of your classmates. Make sure all answers are in simplest
form!
1. Turkey Diet: A woman is on a diet and goes into a shop to buy some turkey
slices. She is given 3 slices which together weigh 1/3 of a pound, but her
diet says that she is only allowed to eat 1/4 of a pound per day. How much
of the three slices that she bought can she eat today while staying true to
her diet?
2. Repair Job: Sam is helping his brother Jason do carpentry and general
repair jobs. Jason gave Sam some money for supplies. Sam bought some
tools for $20.80, then spent one half of what was left for wood. He spent one
third of what was left after that on paint and one third on buckets and
brushes, and he returned with $13.20. How much money did Jason give
Sam?
3. Lottery Winnings: When her mother won a lottery ticket, Kayla was given
1
3

of the prize money. Each of her four brothers received

1
4

of the

remaining money. When Kayla and one of her brothers put their money
together, they had $75,000. What was the total amount of the lottery
winnings?
4. Music Company: Ben, who owns a music company, decided that he
wanted his four best friends to be part owners in the business. He gave
shares to his friends in the following way: Friend 1 gets
company, Friend 2 gets
company, Friend 4 gets

1
4
1
6

1
3

of the company, Friend 3 gets

of the
1
5

of the

of the company. What fraction of the company

does Ben still own?

5. Egyptian Fractions: Egyptian fractions were typically written in terms of
unit fractions, that is, fractions with a numerator of 1. With the exception of
a few common, simple fractions like 2/3, non-unit fractions were
decomposed into sums of distinct unit fractions.
Examples:
Write these fractions as Egyptian fractions:
a.
b.
c.
6. Martian Vehicles: Q4T4 is the number one Martian vehicle manufacturer.
They make six different forms of transportation for sweeping around the

Martian countryside. For every 12 Crater Crawlers they make 4 Canal

Cruisers; 3/4 the number of Dusty Dippers as Crawlers; 4 1/2 times as many
Ice Cap Crunchers as Cruisers; one-half as many Rocket Rollers as
Crunchers; and 2 Rotating Ribbits for every 4 Crawlers. If in one year Q4T4
produced 252 Ice Cap Crunchers, how many vehicles did they make
altogether?
7. Jellybean Profit: Megan buys jellybeans at 5 for 3 cents, and sells them at
6 for 5 cents. How many must she sell in order to make a profit of $3.50?

Fraction Menu Project Requirements:

Project to Share with Classmates Choices: GoogleDocs
Presentation (must be shared with BOTH teachers), Educreations
Project (must be in the class for teacher access), or Weebly Website
(must be in the class and published).
All Projects must be correctly NAMED: last name, first initial, team,
problem#
For example: wadej5-1#7
First slide or beginning of project must include your name and the
problem title
Must be creative, colorful, neat, organized, and easy to read
Must include the complete problem and the answer (in simplest
form!) in a complete sentence
Must include number sentence(s) or equation(s)
Must show all the work used to get your answer, including addition,
subtraction, multiplication, or division work, equations, diagrams,
charts, renaming, and guesses.
(A calculator may only be used to check your work.)
Must include a written explanation of the strategies you used and
how you solved the problem, including the resources you used and
how they were of help to you
5th Grade Enriched Math Fraction Menu Dessert
Problems
Dessert Problem Choices After completing one main course
menu project, choose a dessert problem to solve. If correctly
solved, and presented with one of the project choices above, you
can earn 5 challenge points or an Einstein!

1. Lukes Rat: Luke wanted to weigh his pet rat on a balance. He balanced
his rat with weights of 1/8 pound, 1/4 pound, and 1/2 pound. How many
ounces does Lukes pet rat weigh?
2. Generous Jan: Jan gave away 1/2 of her money on Monday. She then gave
away 1/3 of what was left on Tuesday. On Wednesday, she spent 1/4 of her
remaining money. What fraction of her original money does she have left?
3. Changed Recipe: While Eric was making some cookies, he put 5 cups of
flour into the mixing bowl instead of the 4 cups the recipe called for. Now he
has to change the other amounts in the recipe. What are the new amounts
of sugar and oats that Eric must use?
Original Recipe: 4 c flour, 1 c sugar, 2 c oats
Changed Recipe: 5 c flour, ? c sugar, ? c oats
4. Canoe Trip Crackers: Christine has two boxes of crackers that she will

share evenly with six friends during a 7-day canoe trip (Seven people
altogether). What fraction of a box will each person eat per day?