Number and Operations-Fractions

Mrs. Johnson cut a pizza into three equal sections. She gave each of her four children the same amount of one of the sections. What part of the whole pizza did Mrs. Johnson give to each of her children?

• $\frac{1}{3}$

• $\frac{1}{4}$

• $\frac{1}{7}$

• $\frac{1}{12}$

Five friends shared $\frac{1}{5}$ kilogram of nuts equally. What fraction of a kilogram of nuts did each friend eat?

•  $\frac{1}{5}$  

•  $\frac{1}{10}$  

•  $\frac{1}{15}$  

•  $\frac{1}{25}$  

Sally purchased 24 pencils.
 $\frac{1}{8}$  of the pencils are blue.

 $\frac{1}{6}$  of the pencils are red.

How many pencils are neither blue nor red?

• 17

• 14

• 7

• 4

Sasha bought 12 pounds of blueberries. She put the same amount of blueberries into each of 5 bags, with none left over. Which choice correctly describes the amount of blueberries that Sasha put into each bag?

• between 2 and 2 $\frac{1}{3}$ pounds

• between 2 $\frac{1}{3}$ and 2 $\frac{2}{3}$ pounds

• between 2 $\frac{2}{3}$ and 3 pounds

• between 3 and 3 $\frac{1}{3}$ pounds

A farmer fed 9 bags of food to his 5 cows. Each cow ate the same amount of food. How many bags of food did each cow eat?

• between $\frac{1}{2}$ and 1

• between 1 and 1 $\frac{1}{2}$

• between 1 $\frac{1}{2}$ and 2

• between 2 and 2 $\frac{1}{2}$

Three neighbors shared 50 pounds of grass seed. If the grass seed is shared equally, between which two amounts is the share of grass seed each neighbor gets?

• between 16 and 16 $\frac{1}{4}$ pounds

• between 16 $\frac{1}{4}$ and 16 $\frac{1}{2}$ pounds

• between 16 $\frac{1}{2}$ and 16 $\frac{3}{4}$ pounds

• between 16 $\frac{3}{4}$ and 17 pounds

Sarah had a party and bought 4 pizzas. Each pizza had 12 slices. At the end of the party, there were 1 $\frac{3}{4}$  pizzas left. How many slices of pizza were eaten?

• 20

• 21

• 27

• 28

Caleb cut a rope into 4 pieces. The lengths of the pieces of rope are 5 $\frac{2}{8}$  inches, 7 $\frac{7}{8}$  inches, 4 $\frac{1}{8}$  inches, and 3 $\frac{3}{8}$  inches. Which choice is the closest estimate of the length of the original rope?

• 1 foot 7 inches

• 1 foot 9 inches

• 1 foot 11 inches

• 2 feet 2 inches

Cory used  $\frac{1}{4}$  cup of flour per serving to make pancakes. He used 4 cups of flour. How many servings of pancakes did Cory make?

Seventy-five students attended the school dance.

Each of the students chose either fruit punch or lemonade to drink.

One-fifth of the students chose fruit punch.

How many students chose lemonade?