Fraction Word Problems

If a carrot is sliced in 1/4 inch slices and there are 20 slices, how many inches long is the carrot?

• 80

• 5

• 20 1/4

• 19 3/4

Cherry pie did not sell well today.  While 4 3/4 of blueberry pie sold, only 1 3/8 of cherry pie sold.  What was the difference in pie sold? 

• 4 3/8

• 5 6/8

• 3 3/8

• 6 1/8

If a whole Diet Delight Pizza contains 400 calories, how many calories will I eat if I eat 1/2 of the pizza? 

• 200

• 800

• 250

• 600

One half of a cheese pizza is leftover after dinner.  Three friends would like to divide it equally to take home.  How much will each friend take home? 

• 1 1/2

• 3 1/2

• Not sure

• 1/6

Cory needs to make four legs to a table.  Each leg needs 1 3/4 feet of wood.  How much wood in all does Cory need? 

• 7

• 7/16

• 5 3/4

• 3 1/4

Macy had 4 2/3 pizzas leftover and Mike had 4 3/4. How much pizza was left over in all? 

• 8 5/3

• 9 5/12

• 1/12

• 8 1

Five and two thirds pounds of cheese are needed to make fondue. If you have two and three fourths pounds, how many more pounds of cheese do you need? 

• 2 11/12

• 3 11/12

• 3 1/12

• 2 1/12

How many feet of stick will you need to make four marshmallow sticks that need 2 1/2 feet each? 

• 1 1/2

• 2 1/2

• 6 1/2 

• 10

We have six pizzas.  Each person gets 1/4 of a pizza. How many people can we feed? 

• 1 1/2

• 6/4

• 24

• 18

To make trail mix Ryan used 3/4 cups of almonds, 1/2 cup of raisins, and 1 1/6 cups of chocolate chips.  How much trail mix did he make? 

• 1 17/12

• 2 5/12

• 2 1/2

• 3