Fractions Problem Solving

Mrs. Moscarello is having a taco party. She used 1/5 pound of beef for each taco. If she plans on making 24 tacos, how much beef will she need? (Simplify your answer if possible)

• 24/5 pound of beef

• 4 & 4/5 pound of beef

• 5 & 4/5 pound of beef

• 5/24 pound of beef

Rebecca read for 4/8 of an hour every day of the week. How many hours does she read each week?

• 3 and 1/2 hours
• 3 hours
• 2 and 4/8 hours
• 4 hours

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 13

• 6

• 9

• 7

Caroline had 1/2 of a bag of donuts. She wants to split it evenly between herself and 3 friends. How much of the bag will each friend get? 

• 6
• 1/6
• 8
• 1/8

An artist was able to paint one-eighth of a painting every hour.  If he needed to paint 7 pictures for an art show, how many hours would it take him to complete the paintings?

• 49
• 1/56
• 56
• 28

At a restaurant 3 people were at a table when the waiter brought out one-half of a plate of nachos.  If they split the plate evenly, how much would each person get?

• 6
• 1/6
• 12
• 9

After dinner, Joe and his family eat 1/2 of Joe's birthday cake. Then, Joe eats another 1/8 of the cake for breakfast the following morning and his brother eats 1/4 of it. How much of the cake has been eaten?

• 1 1/8

• 7/8

• 1

• 9/16

Robert made a fruit salad with 11/12 of a pound of melon and 1/6 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Robert use in all?

• 1 1/12
• 3/4
• 2/3
• 1 1/2