Quiz about Fractions ACC

Question 1

What is the correct answer?

Accepted Answer

9/6

Answer

7/3

Answer

7/6

Answer

7/7

Question 2

What is the least common denominator you could use to subtract 1/3 and 1/4?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

24

Question 3

A plumber is fitting a water pipe that is 3/4 foot long on to a water pipe that is 2/12 foot long. How long will the finished pipe be?

Accepted Answer

11/12 foot

Answer

8/16 foot

Answer

2/12 foot

Answer

1 foot

Question 4

A pizza has 5 pieces. Sara eats 3 of the pieces. What fraction of the pizza did Sara eat?

Accepted Answer

3/5

Answer

2/5

Answer

5/5

Answer

1/5

Question 5

Which of these fractions has the GREATEST value (is the largest)?

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

5/12

Answer

5/11

Answer

4/9

Question 6

What is 8/9 - 7/9?

Accepted Answer

1/9

Answer

15/9

Answer

1   6/9

Answer

1   2/3

Question 7

What is an improper fraction?

Accepted Answer

A fraction that is greater than one.

Answer

A fraction that has a whole number and a fraction part.

Answer

A fraction that is in the simplest form.

Answer

A fraction with a common denominator.

Question 8

Find the missing numerator:
2/3 = ?/9

Accepted Answer

6/9

Answer

1/9

Answer

4/9

Answer

7/9

Question 9

Kathy likes blue marbles. She notices that 2/5 of each bag of marbles she buys are blue. She has 10 bags of marbles at home. How many separate bags of only blue marbles can she make?

Accepted Answer

4 bags

Answer

2 bags

Answer

3 bags

Answer

5 bags

Question 10

Caroline collected 3 1/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center. 1/3 of the bags are glass bottles and 2/3 of the bags are plastic bottles.The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

Accepted Answer

2 1/6

Answer

1 1/12

Answer

1 1/6

Answer

3 1/12

Question 11

A carpenter needs 4 1/3  strips of lumber for a project. Each strip is to measure 1/3  meter. How many meters of lumber does the carpenter need in all?

Accepted Answer

1 1/2 meters

Answer

4 5/6 meters

Answer

1 1/3 meters

Answer

5/6 meters

Question 12

Mina has 1/2 of a bag of popcorn. She eats half of her popcorn. How much popcorn does Mina have left?

Accepted Answer

1/4 of a bag

Answer

1/8 of a bag

Answer

1/2 of a bag

Answer

1 bag

Question 13

Each person at a party ate 4/6 of a pizza. There were a total of 7 people at the party. What is the total amount of pizza these people ate?

Accepted Answer

4 2/3 pizzas

Answer

7 2/3 pizzas

Answer

1 5/6 pizzas

Answer

2/3 pizzas

Question 14

Samantha used 1 1/8  teaspoon of sprinkles on each cupcake. If she made 5 cupcakes, how many teaspoons of sprinkles did she use?

Accepted Answer

5 5/8 teaspoons

Answer

5 1/8 teaspoons

Answer

5 1/2 teaspoons

Question 15

The soccer team served  sports drinks after the game.  5/8 of the bottles had orange drink and 2/3 as many had grape drink. What fraction of the bottles had grape drink?

Accepted Answer

5/12

Answer

7/12

Answer

5/16

Answer

15/16

Question 16

George jogged 1 1/3 miles. Tim jogged 1/4 the distance that George jogged. How far, in miles, did Tim jog?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Answer

1/6

Answer

1 1/12

Answer

1 7/12

Question 17

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether?

Accepted Answer

19/24

Answer

3/24

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/11

Question 18

Michaela will cut circles from 6 sheets of construction paper. If she uses 1/4 sheet for each circle, what is the maximum number of circles she can make?

Accepted Answer

24

Answer

6  1/4

Answer

18

Answer

1 1/2

Question 19

A larger piece of wood that measures 8 1/2  feet long will be cut into smaller pieces that measure 1/4 foot each.    How many smaller pieces of wood can be cut from the larger piece of wood?

Accepted Answer

34

Answer

4

Answer

17

Answer

32

Question 20

Sarah made two types of cookies. She used 2/3 cup of sugar for one recipe and 1/4 cup of sugar for the other. How much sugar did she use in all?

Accepted Answer

11/12

Answer

2/3

Answer

3/8

Answer

4/5

Question 21

The coaches bought 8 pizza's for the team.  The decided to cut each pizza into 1/8th.  How many pieces of pizza are available for the team to eat?

Accepted Answer

64

Answer

48

Answer

12

Answer

16

Question 22

Molly had a piece of string that was 1 3/5 inches long.  She cut off 7/10.  How much remains?

Accepted Answer

9/10

Answer

1 1/10

Answer

-1 1/10

Answer

3/10

Question 23

Five friends shared 1  1/2 pounds of fudge equally. How much did each friend get?

Accepted Answer

3/10

Answer

7  1/2

Answer

6  1/2

Answer

1  1/2

Question 24

Kendra had 1 1/2 boxes of bubble gum. Each box had 1/2 grape flavor and 1/2 strawberry flavor. How much of the gum was grape flavored?

Accepted Answer

3/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

1 box

Answer

2 boxes

Question 25

Mrs. Hmielewski spent 8 hours in the kitchen. Of the time she spent in the kitchen 3/4 was spent making bread. For how many hours did Mrs. Hmielewski make bread?

Accepted Answer

6 hours

Answer

8  3/4 hours

Answer

7  1/4 hours

Answer

10  2/3 hours

Question 26

When must you have common denominators

Accepted Answer

Both A and C

Answer

Adding Fractions

Answer

Multiplying Fractions

Answer

Subtracting Fractions

Question 27

A recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar. If the recipe is doubled, how much sugar is needed?

Accepted Answer

1  1/2

Answer

1

Answer

1   3/4

Answer

2

Question 28

Snow fell in Marshall twice in one day. The town received 7/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Marshall on that day?

Accepted Answer

2  3/8

Answer

1  8/10

Answer

1  3/8

Answer

5/8

Question 29

Snow fell in Monroe twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Monroe on that day?

Accepted Answer

7/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

3/10

Answer

5/8

Question 30

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether?

Accepted Answer

19/24

Answer

3/24

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/11

Question 31

Bill is cleaning out his refrigerator and notices that he has 2/3 of a gallon of juice left in the container. He pours 2/9 picture of a gallon left for his brother. What part of the gallon of juice is left now?

Accepted Answer

4/9

Answer

3/9

Answer

2/6

Answer

1/2

Question 32

The toy store is going out of business.  They are selling 20 yards of string.  3 people want to buy it.  If they share the string equally, how much would each one get?

Accepted Answer

6 2/3

Answer

3/20

Answer

5 2/3

Answer

8/15

Question 33

Jimmy went to the store.  He bought 6 bags of popcorn.  If he and 7 friends are going to share, how much of a bag of popcorn does each person get?

Accepted Answer

6/8

Answer

6/7

Answer

8/6

Answer

4/3

Question 34

The dog ate 3 bones. He then ate 2  more.  If there are 10 bones in the bag, what fraction did he eat?

Accepted Answer

5/10

Answer

2/10

Answer

5/8

Answer

3/10

Question 35

Five people share 7 sandwiches.  How much of a sandwich does each person get?

Accepted Answer

5/7

Answer

1 2/5

Answer

7/5

Answer

3/4

Question 36

George has 1/3 pan of brownies. He eats 1/4 of them. What fraction did George eat?

Accepted Answer

1/12

Answer

1/7

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/3

Question 37

What is the reciprocal of 4/5?

Accepted Answer

5/4

Answer

4/5

Answer

5/1

Answer

1/5

Question 38

Change 5  3/4 into an improper fraction

Accepted Answer

23/4

Answer

4/23

Answer

20/4

Answer

5 4/3

Question 39

A train ride is 8 hours long. Every 2/3 hour, the conductor checks on the passengers. How many times during the trip will the conductor check then passengers?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

10

Answer

8 2/3

Answer

6 1/3

Question 40

Tom has a piece of string that is 5 yards long. How many 1/2 yard pieces of rope canTom cut the rope into?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

2

Answer

5

Answer

20

Question 41

A weaver completes about 2/3 of a basket each day. How long will it take her to make 12 baskets?

Accepted Answer

18 days

Answer

8 days

Answer

24 days

Answer

36 days

Question 42

A gardener has 27 pansies and 36 daisies.  He plants an equal number of each type of flower in each row.  What is the greatest possible number of pansies in each row?

Accepted Answer

9 pansies

Answer

27 pansies

Answer

6 pansies

Answer

3 pansies

Question 43

Fourteen boys and twenty-one girls will be equally divided into groups.  Find the greatest number of groups that can be created if no one is left out.

Accepted Answer

7 groups

Answer

14 groups

Answer

42 groups

Answer

21 groups

Question 44

A grocery store clerk has 16 oranges, 20 apples, and 24 pears.  The clerk needs to put an equal number of apples, oranges, and pears into each basket.  What is the greatest number of baskets that can be made so that no fruit is left?

Accepted Answer

4 baskets

Answer

100 baskets

Answer

120 baskets

Answer

8 baskets

Question 45

The science department buys the equipment shown in the table.  They bought all three items this year.  In how many years will they have to buy all three items again?

Accepted Answer

20 years

Answer

11 years

Answer

1 year

Answer

10 years

Question 46

An airport offers two shuttles that run on different schedules.  Starburst Shuttle runs every 6 minutes.  Skittle Shuttle runs every 9 minutes.  If both shuttles leave the airport at 4:00 p.m., what is the next time they will be at the airport at the same time?

Accepted Answer

4:18 p.m.

Answer

4.15 p.m.

Answer

4:09 p.m.

Answer

4:06 p.m.

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