Fraction Quiz

Lonny opened a new box of granola bars. Lonny and three of his friends equally shared the granola bars shown in the picture. What fraction of the granola bars did each of them get?

A farmer gave 1/4 of a bale of hay to a horse each day on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Which equation can be used to find the fraction of a bale of hay the farmer gave the horse on these three days?

• 1/4 + 1/4+ 1/4= 3/4

• 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 3/12

• 1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7 = 3/7

• 1/7 + 1/7 + 1/7 = 3/21

Anissa shaded part of the figure shown below. What fraction of the figure is shaded?

• 6/8

• 1/6

• 2/8

• 2/6

The number line represents a distance of 1 foot. On which of these number lines does point H represent 1/2 foot?

• F

• G

• H

• J

Three friends divided three pizzas into pieces. The shaded parts of the models represent the pieces that the friends ate. Which statement describes the fraction of a pizza that one of the friends ate?

• Diego ate 1/2 of a pizza, because he ate the largest piece of his 2 pieces.

• Victoria ate 1/3 of a pizza, because she ate 1 piece and had 3 equal-size pieces left over.

• Wesley ate 1/2 of a pizza, because he ate 1 piece of his 2 equal-size pieces.

• Victoria ate 3/1 of a pizza, because she ate 1 piece and had 3 pieces left over.

There are 4 books on a shelf. In the model, the shaded books represent nonfiction books. Which expression represents the fraction of the books on the shelf that are nonfiction?

• 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4

• 1/4 + 1/4

• 1/4

An ant crawled 2/8 yard from an ant mound. On which number line does point A represent the ant’s position after crawling 2/8 yard?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Models R and T are shown. Which statement is true?

• The shaded parts of Model R and Model T are different sizes, but each model represents the same fraction of the whole.

• The shaded part of Model R cannot be written as the fraction 1/5, because the parts are not all equal in size.

• The shaded part of Model T is 1/4, because the parts are all equal in size.

• The total number of parts in Model R is 5, so 1/5 of Model R is shaded.

Javier rode his bike a distance of $ \frac{1}{2} $ mile from his house. On which number line does point J represent Javier’s position after riding his bike?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The picture shows 8 seats in a movie theater. Children are sitting in a fraction of the seats. Which expression is equivalent to the fraction of the seats that have children sitting in them?

• 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8

• 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3

• 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8 + 3/8

• 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8