fraction word problems

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?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

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

• 1
• 1 1/2
• 1  3/4 
• 2

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

Stephanie drew 12 pictures. She drew ⅔ of them in art class. How many pictures did she draw in art class?

• 8 pictures
• 4 pictures
• 6 pictures
• 9 pictures

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

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

• 4/9
• 3/9
• 2/6
• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Ms. Garcia bought 3 ²/₃ pounds of bologna. She ate 1½ pounds . How many pounds of bologna does she have left 

• 1 ½ 
• 2 ¾ 
• - 2 ¾ 
• 2 ¹/₆

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Two-thirds of the students in your class are boys. One-eighth of the boys play soccer. What fraction of the kids in your class are boys who play soccer? 

• 3/11
• 1/4
• 1/12
• 1/5

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Student Council bought Mrs. Donnelly two dozen (24) roses. 1/4 of them were white roses. How many white roses were there?

• 12
• 48
• 6
• 1/48

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

• 8/3
• 3/8
• 5/8
• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

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.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

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