Quiz about Fractions Word Problems

Question 1

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

Accepted Answer

7/8

Answer

1/8

Answer

3/10

Answer

5/8

Question 2

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

Accepted Answer

1  7/30

Answer

9/30

Answer

1/2

Answer

1  13/30

Question 3

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

Accepted Answer

3  3/8

Answer

3

Answer

3  1/8

Answer

4   4/6

Question 4

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

Accepted Answer

1/7

Answer

2/7

Answer

3/7

Answer

6/7

Question 5

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie. Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie. What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

Accepted Answer

3/8

Answer

5/8

Answer

4/8 or 1/2

Answer

2/8 or 1/4

Question 6

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?

Accepted Answer

27 bracelets

Answer

1/27 bracelets

Question 7

A chef had 7 avocados.  How many servings of guacamole could he make if each bowl uses one-fourth of an avocado?

Accepted Answer

28

Answer

7

Answer

1/28

Answer

24

Question 8

A pet store had five dogs to feed.  If they only had one-fourth of a bag of dog food and each dog got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each dog get?

Accepted Answer

1/20

Answer

20

Answer

16

Question 9

A farmer was dividing up his one-half of an acre of land between his 4 children.  since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?

Accepted Answer

1/8

Answer

8

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Question 10

There are red, blue, and green ribbons on the table.  There are a total of 48 ribbons.  Two-sixths of the ribbons are red.  How many ribbons are red?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

6

Answer

12

Answer

8

Question 11

You have 2/3 quart of lemonade. If an equal amount of lemonade is poured into each of 6 glasses, how much lemonade will each class contain?

Accepted Answer

1/9 quart

Answer

1/4 quart

Answer

4 quarts

Question 12

Kaitlyn has 5/8 pound of sunflower seeds. She puts seeds evenly into 10 envelopes. How much sunflower seed is in each envelope?

Accepted Answer

1/16 pound

Answer

5/16 pound

Answer

1/8 pound

Question 13

Carson has 2 cups of dog food left. How many 1/2 cup servings are left in 2 cups of dog food?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

1/4

Answer

1/2

Answer

6

Question 14

Shane needs 10 3/5 hours to complete a project.

If he already worked on the project for 5 3/4 hours, how many more hours does he need to complete her project?

(Hint: regroup if necessary)

Accepted Answer

4 17/20

Answer

15 6/9

Answer

5 6/20

Answer

4 3/20

Question 15

Aiden mowed 1/3 of the lawn and stopped to drink a glass of water. He then mowed 1/6 of the lawn before running out of gas. How much of the lawn did he mow?

Write your answer in its simplest form.

Accepted Answer

1/2

Answer

3/6

Answer

1/6

Answer

2/9

Question 16

Jayden bought a 5 cup bag of pecans. If she uses 2 2/3 cups to bake cookies, how many cups of pecans will be left in the bag?

Accepted Answer

2 1/3 cups

Answer

7 2/3 cups

Answer

3 2/3 cups

Answer

3 1/3 cups

Question 17

Destiny was to feed her dog in the morning. She was to give the large dog 7/8 of a scoop of dog food and the smaller dog 1/4 of a scoop. How much more dog food does Destiny need to give the large dog?

Accepted Answer

5/8 scoop

Answer

3/8 scoop

Answer

1/2 scoop

Answer

1 scoop

Question 18

Caroline collected 3 1/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center.

1/3 of the bags are glass bottles.

2/3 of the bags are plastic bottles.

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles.

How many bags will the recycling center accept?

Accepted Answer

2 1/6

Answer

1 1/12

Answer

1 1/6

Answer

2 1/3

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