multiplying fraction word problems

We had 25 doughnuts and we ate 2/5 of them. How many doughnuts did we eat?

• 10 doughnuts

• 5 doughnuts

• 15 doughnuts

• 20 doughnuts

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Camden has 12 pets. 1/6 of them are dogs, 2/6 of them are cats, and 3/6 of them are fish. How many of Camden pets are dogs?

• 2 of her pets are dogs

• 6 of her pets are dogs

• 4 of her pets are dogs

• 3 of her pets are dogs

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

There are 16 cakes in a bakery. 3/4 of the cakes are chocolate. How many of the cakes are chocolate?

• 12 of the cakes are chocolate

• 3/4 of the cakes are chocolate

• 8 of the cakes are chocolate

• 6 of the cakes are chocolate

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

There are 24 students in Mr. Bond's math class. 5/8 of the students earned an A on their math test. How many students earned an A?

• 5 students

• 8 students

• 15 students

• 16 students

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Shirley buys 25 stamps on Monday and 17 on Tuesday. If she uses 1/6 of the stamps to mail letters on Wednesday, how many stamps did she use? How many does she have left?

• She used 7 stamps and has 35 stamps left.

• She used 10 stamps and has 24 stamps left.

• She used 35 stamps and has 7 stamps left.

• She used 24 stamps and has 10 stamps left.

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

A book shelf has 8 shelves. Each shelf has 12 books on it. If 2/3 of all the books are fiction, how many fiction books are there?

• 8 books

• 64 books

• 32 books

• 24 books

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

CCSS.5.NF.B.6