Fractions Problem Solving Quiz

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

Mr. Richie’s and Mrs. Madison’s 5th grade classes each have the same number of students. During lunch, 5/8 of Mr. Richie’s class and 3/5 of Mrs. Madison’s class purchased a school lunch. How much more of Mr. Richie’s class bought a school lunch?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether? What operation will you use to answer the question?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Anna reads 1/4 of her book on Monday, 1/4 more on Tuesday, and 1/3 on Wednesday. How much does she have left? 

• 1/12
• 1/3
• 1/4
• 1/6

Sam has a 30-acre farm. He planted 8 1/2 acres with potatoes and 5.3 acres with carrots. He used

the rest as grazing land. How many acres does Sam have for grazing land?

• 16.2 acres

• 13.8 acres

• 10.5 acres

• 38.5 acres

Carefully following a recipe to make brownies, Ben used exactly 5/8 of a cup of oil and 3/4 of a cup of water. How many cups of liquid did Ben use in all?

• 1/8

• 2/3

• 1 1/2

• 1 3/8

George has 1/3 pan of brownies. He eats 1/4 of them. What fraction of the pan did George eat?

• 1/7
• 1/4
• 1/3
• 1/12

A 5th grade volleyball team scored 32 points in one game.  Of those points,  $\frac{2}{8}$ were scored in the second half.  How many points were scored in the first half of the game?

• 12

• 4

• 20

• 24

The total length of three boards is 7/8 of a yard. The lengths of two of the boards are 1/4 of a yard and 3/16 of a yard. What is the length of the third board?

• 5/8 of a yard

• 11/16 of a yard

• 1 and 5/16 of a yard

• 7/16 of a yard