Multiply and divide fraction word problems

Sarah is making 1/2 of a cookie recipe. If the recipe calls for 2 1/3 cups of flour, how much will she use?

• 2 1/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

• 1 1/5 cups

• 1/6 cups

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Cammie is creating a picture to print on the computer. Right now it is 2 1/4 inches tall. She wants it to be 1/3 the size. How tall will it be when she is done?

• 3/4 inch

• 2 1/12 inch

• 6 3/4 inch

• 2/3 inch

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A box of cereal contains 10 1/2 cups. If each serving is 1 1/4 cups, how many servings are in the box?

• 5 5/8 servings

• 10 1/8 servings

• 8 2/5 servings

• 6 servings

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Gerald is making 2 1/3 batches of chicken soup. If one recipe needs 1/2 cup of carrots. How much carrots will be needed for all the soup?

• 2 cups

• 1/2 cups

• 5/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

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Cam's car gets 31 1/2 miles per gallon of gas. If he puts 15 gallons of gas in his car, how far can he go?

• 315 miles

• 465 1/2 miles

• 472 1/2 miles

• 540 3/4 miles

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There are 27 students in Ms. Grow's class. If 2/3 of them ride the bus, how many students do NOT ride the bus?

• 9

• 18

• 36

• 7

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In Ms. Cable's class, 1/2 of the student's favorite color is blue. Of those students, 1/5 of them like purple as a second favorite. What fraction of the students like blue and then purple?

• 2/7

• 1/10

• 1/5

• 2 1/2

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Mrs. Sheffield has 1/3 of a cake left. If she eats 2/5 of that cake, how much is still left?

• 11/15

• 1 1/5

• 3/15

• 2/15

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Carrie has 1/3 of a bag of candy left. If she shared 4/5 of that bag with her friends, how much does she have left for herself?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 1/15

• 2/8

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Seámus took a quiz with 45 questions on it. He got 7/9 of the questions correct. How many questions did he get correct?

• 42

• 18

• 27

• 35

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