Fractions Word Problems

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?

• 1/8
• 3/10
• 5/8
• 7/8

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?

• 9/30
• 1/2
• 1  7/30
• 1  13/30

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?

• 3
• 3  1/8
• 3  3/8
• 4   4/6

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?

• 1/7
• 2/7
• 3/7
• 6/7

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?

• 5/8
• 4/8 or 1/2
• 2/8 or 1/4
• 3/8

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 

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

• 7
• 1/28
• 28
• 24

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?

• 20
• 1/20
• 16

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?

• 8
• 1/4
• 1/2
• 1/8

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?

• 6
• 12
• 16
• 8