Quiz about 3rd Grade Fraction Word Problems

Question 1

The farmer has 36 horses.  Of the 36 horses, 1/4 of them were white.  How many white horses did the farmer have?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

10

Answer

3

Answer

4

Question 2

There are red, blue, and green ribbons on the table.  There are a total of 48 ribbons.  Two-sixths of the ribbons are red.  How many ribbons are red?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

6

Answer

12

Answer

8

Question 3

The family bought a large pizza with 16 slices.  The kids ate 3/4 of the pizza.  How many slices of pizza did the kids eat?

Accepted Answer

12

Answer

2

Answer

8

Answer

16

Question 4

Mathew had a bag of marbles.  There were 16 marbles in all.  He gave away 3/4 of the marbles.  How many marbles did he have left?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

5

Answer

12

Question 5

Mrs. Carlton's class has 20 students.  One-fifth of the students are girls.  How many are boys?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

4

Answer

20

Answer

8

Question 6

Kiki ate 1/6 of the celery sticks. What fraction of the celery sticks is left for Carl to eat?

Accepted Answer

5/6

Answer

2/3

Answer

3/4

Answer

4/6

Question 7

Mitchell has a small bag with twelve M&Ms in it.  Five of the M&Ms are yellow. Two are green. One is orange. Four are brown.  What fraction of the M&Ms are brown?

Accepted Answer

4/12

Answer

5/12

Answer

2/12

Answer

1/12

Question 8

Fanny picked 2/5 of the oranges from the tree. What fraction of the oranges is left for Tina to pick?

Accepted Answer

3/5

Answer

4/5

Answer

1/2

Answer

1/4

Question 9

Chelsea divided an apple into eight equal pieces. She ate five pieces. She put the other three in the fridge. What fraction did Chelsea put back in the fridge?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Question 10

Pam poured 1/4 cup of sugar into the cake mix. Her mom poured another 1/4 cup. How much sugar is in the cake mix?

Accepted Answer

2/4 or 1/2

Answer

3/4

Answer

2/8

Answer

1/4

Question 11

Francis has six chocolate bars. He gives one to John and one to Chester. He keeps the rest for himself. What fraction of the chocolate bars did he give away?

Accepted Answer

2/6 or 1/3

Answer

3/6 or 1/2

Answer

4/6 or 2/3

Answer

5/6

Question 12

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie. Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie. What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

4/8 or 1/2

Answer

2/8 or 1/4

Question 13

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

Accepted Answer

1/7

Answer

2/7

Answer

3/7

Answer

6/7

Question 14

Jordan ate 3/9 of the crackers. Sam ate of the 4/9 crackers. What fraction of the crackers is left?

Accepted Answer

2/9

Answer

7/9

Answer

1/9

Answer

5/9

Question 15

Clint has a pizza that is cut into four equal pieces. Three pieces have pepperoni on them. The other piece only has cheese. What fraction of the pizza only has cheese?

Accepted Answer

1/4

Answer

3/4

Answer

2/4 or 1/2

Answer

4/3

Question 16

Alley makes a sandwich. She puts jelly on a slice of bread. She puts peanut butter on another slice of bread. What fraction of the bread has jelly on it?

Accepted Answer

half

Answer

2/1

Answer

1/4

Answer

one fourth

Question 17

Daniel has six erasers. He gives one to P.J. and he gives one to Ken. He keeps the rest. What fraction of his erasers did he give away?

Accepted Answer

2/6 or 1/3

Answer

2/6

Answer

1/6

Answer

4/6 or 2/3

Question 18

Matthew has 8 pencils. Three of them do not have erasers on the end. What fraction of the pencils do not have erasers?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

8/3

Answer

5/8

Answer

1/2

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