Multiplying Fractions Word Problems

Ms. Stewart signed 1/2 of all the holiday cards and Ms. Laveroni signed 3/8 of all of them. Mrs. Myers will sign the rest of them. If there were 32 cards in all, how many are left to be signed by Mrs. Myers?

• 4

• 12

• 16

• 28

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CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

There were 24 children in Ms. Laveroni's class. Of those 24 children, 2/3 of them had brought lunch from home. If the rest of the students are buying lunch from school, how many students are buying lunch from school?

• 8

• 16

• 24

• 32

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

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?

• 4/17

• 3/19

• 2/9

• 1/3

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Over spring break, 6 students got together to hang out and order some pizza. If each student ate 5/8 of a pizza, what is the total amount of pizza these students ate?

• 3 1/2

• 3 1/4

• 3 3/4

• 4

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Patrick ate 3/5 of a small pizza on Friday night. For lunch on Saturday, he ate 1/2 of the leftover pizza. How much pizza did he eat for lunch on Saturday? (Hint - you first need to figure out how much pizza he actually had left. He didn't have 3/5 left, he ate 3/5).

• 1/5

• 3/10

• 1/2

• 2/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Maria made a large batch of homemade potato salad. Each scoop of salad she serves is 2/3 of a cup. If she serves salad to 9 people, how much potato salad did she serve?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

CCSS.5.MD.C.5

CCSS.5.NF.B.4

To stay healthy, we should drink 6 1/2 glasses of water a day. If we follow this guideline, how much water would we drink in a full week?

• 32 1/2

• 45 1/2

• 33

• 46

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Silver City is 30 miles away. Tom has driven 1/5 of the distance. How many miles does Tom have left to drive?

• 6

• 10

• 15

• 24

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Mr. McCann ate 1/2 of the M&M's and Mrs. Myers ate 2/9 of the M&M's. If there were 72 M&M's, how many are left now?

• 16

• 20

• 36

• 52

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Jay found 2/3 of a pizza in the refrigerator. He ate 3/4 of it. What fraction of the whole pizza did Jay eat?

• 1/2 of the pizza

• 2/3 of the pizza

• 1/3 of the pizza

• 1/6 of the pizza

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6