Fraction Word Problems - Common Denominator

Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?
What operation do you do to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food.  Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food.  How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog bowl?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Solve this problem:
A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?

• 6 and 3/4
• 5 and 1/4
• 4 and 1/2
• 8

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Solve this problem:
There were 12 children at a party. Of those 12 children 3/4 of them had an apple. How many children had an apple?

• 16
• 11 and 1/4
• 12 and 3/4
• 9

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

I have 19/2 cookies. I have to split the cookies evenly among 20 people. How much does each person get?

• 19/40

• 18/40

• 1/2

• 380/2

Kayla ate 3/12 of a watermelon. Jordyn ate 1/12 of the watermelon. Then April ate 3/12 of the watermelon. How much of the watermelon did they eat?

• 6/12

• 7/36

• 4/12

• 7/12

Daniel watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 4/8 of a yard and the spider crawled 1/8 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 5/8

Nathan collected 10/12 of a carton of eggs on Saturday and 8/12 on Sunday. How many eggs did he collect on both days?

• 2/12

• 9/6

• 1 and 1/2

• 1 and 3/6