Fractions

Kennedy made 12 3/8 cups of tea. She and her friends drank 7 1/4 cups. How much was left?

•  5 1/4 cups 
• 4 1/8 cups 
• 5 1/8 cups 
• 5 3/8 cups

Julia scored 3  5/8 pounds of candy for Halloween. Roderick scored 2  3/4 pounds. How many total pounds of candy did Julia and Roderick score combined?

• 6  1/4 pounds 
• 6  3/8 pounds 
• 6  5/8 pounds 
• 6  1/8 pounds 

Cornelia spends 2 2/3 hours studying for her big science test. She spent 2/3 of an hour finishing her writing assignment and 1/4 of an hour playing outside. How much time did she spend overall on the three activities?

• 3  3/4 hours 
• 3  7/12 hours 
• 3  5/12 hours 
• 3  1/2 hours 

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

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

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Multiplication or division word problem?

Wayne has a hot dog stand open all summer. On Wednesday, he used 2/3 a bag of hot dog buns. On Thursday, he used 4/5 as many hot dog buns. How many bags of hot dog buns did Wayne use on Thursday?

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem?

At Brunswick Zone Arcade, of all the games in the arcade, 2/3 of them are racing games. Of those, ½ are motorcycle racing games. What fraction of the games at Brunswick are motorcycle games?

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem?

Mom has ½ cup of sprinkles to sprinkle on Brandon’s birthday cupcakes. She uses half of the sprinkles. How much does she use?

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem?

The corner market bakery needed 3/8 of a pound of sugar for their recipe. They only had ½ of what they needed. How much sugar did they have?

• Multiplication

• Division