Fraction Word Problems

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

• 5/6
• 2/3
• 3/4
• 4/6

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3A

3.  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?

• 5/12
• 2/12
• 1/12
• 4/12

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

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

• 7/9
• 2/9
• 1/9
• 5/9

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Caroline collected 3 ¹/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center. ²/₃ of the bags are plastic bottles.

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

• 1 bag

• 1 ¹/₆ bags

• 2 ¹/₆ bags

• 3 ¹/₄ bags

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Kimberly has 80 coins in her collection. She shared 1/8 of her collection equally between two friends. How many coins did each friend receive?

• 5
• 10
• 25
• 30

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

• 3
• 3  1/8
• 3  3/8
• 4   4/6

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Natalie is making a frame for a picture she drew.
The length of the picture is 11 1/9 inches, and the width of the picture is 7 1/4 inches. How much longer is the picture than it is wide?

• 4 31/36 inches
• 3 31/36 inches
• 3 5/6 inches
• 2 31/36 inches

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

What multiplication problem is being modeled in this picture?

• 3/8 x 1/4
• 1/8 x 3/4
• 3/7 x 1/4
• 1/7 x 3/4

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

A chef had 7 avocados.  How many servings of guacamole could he make if each bowl uses one-fourth of an avocado?

• 7
• 1/28
• 28
• 24

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

A pet store had five dogs to feed.  If they only had one-fourth of a bag of dog food and each dog got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each dog get?

• 20
• 1/20
• 16

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C