6th Practical Problems with Fractions

You have 2/3 of a pumpkin pie left over from Thanksgiving. You want to give 1/2 of it to your sister. How much of the whole pumpkin pie will this be? 

• 1/5
• 1/4
• 1/3 
• 1/6

Solve:
Olivia set aside 5/6 of an hour for homework after school each day. How many hours of homework does she do in 5 days?

• 3 1/2 hours
• 4 1/2 hours
• 4 1/6 hours
• 50 minutes

Kiely is making bracelets for her friends. She had 9 feet of string, and she needs 1/3 a foot of string for every bracelet. How many bracelets can she make? 

• 27 bracelets
• 1/27 bracelets 

In the time allowed, Joshua answered only 2/5 of his 25 question test. How many questions did Joshua not answer?

• 10

• 40

• 15

• 5

Mrs. Perrin has 3 ¾ pounds of cake batter. If she needs 1 ¼ pounds of batter to make one cake, how many cakes can she bake?

• 5

• 3

• 2 ½

• 6

You are making Grandma's famous flamin' hot sauce for the school fundraiser. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. You need to make 5 batches of sauce. How much sugar do you need?

• 23/4 or 5 3/4

• 23/8 or 2 7/8

• 15/20 or 3/4

• 15/4 or 3 3/4

3/7 of 8th graders in Madisonville play sports. If 3/5 of the 8th graders that play sports are boys, what fraction of 8th grade boys play sports?

• 6/12

• 36/35

• 9/35

• 3/5

After a pizza party there are 4 2/3 pizzas left over. If the pizzas are divided so that party goers can take home 1/6 of a pizza, how many guests can take home pizza?

• 26 guests
• 28 guests
• 8 guests
• 33 guests

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

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