Multiplying & Dividing Fractions Word Problems

Robin needed 3 2 ⁄ 3 feet of thread to finish a pillow she was making. If she has 2 times as much thread as she needs, what is the length of the thread she has?

• 7 1/3

• 7 2/3

• 8

• 8 1/3

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

A single box of thumb tacks weighed 3 1 ⁄ 2 ounces. If a teacher had 4 1 ⁄ 7 boxes, how much would their combined weight be?

• 14 7/14

• 14 8/14

• 14 9/14

• 14 10/14

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Chloe collected 4 times as many bags of cans as her friend. If her friend collected 1 ⁄ 6 of a bag, how much did Chloe collect?

• 4/6

• 4/7

• 4/8

• 4/9

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

At the malt shop a large chocolate shake takes 8 ⁄ 9 of a pint of milk. If the medium shake takes 1 ⁄ 7 the amount of a large, how much does the medium shake take?

• 8/63

• 9/63

• 10/63

• 11/63

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A bottle of soda had 4 2 ⁄ 7 of the daily recommended sugar. If you were to drink 1 ⁄ 2 of the bottle, how much of the daily recommend sugar would you have drank?

• 2 2/14

• 2 2/15

• 2 2/16

• 2 2/17

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A soda shop owner told his employee to add 2 full cups and 1 ⁄ 5 of a cup of syrup to each gallon of soda. If there were 4 gallons of soda, how much syrup would be needed?

• 8 4/5

• 8 4/6

• 8 4/7

• 8 4/8

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Adam had a lump of silly putty that was 4 5 ⁄ 6 inches long. If he stretched it out to 2 2 ⁄ 3 times its current length how long would it be?

• 12 16/18

• 12 17/18

• 13

• 13 17/18

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A musician's hair was originally 3 inches long. She asked her hair dresser to cut 5 ⁄ 6 of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?

• 2 3/6

• 3 3/6

• 4 3/6

• 5 3/6

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

How many one-third cup servings are in 6 cups of pecans?

• 18

• 19

• 20

• 18 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

A pet store had 4 cats to feed. If they only had one-fifth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

• 1/20

• 2/20

• 3/20

• 4/20

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A