Fraction Word Problems

Matthew has 8 pencils. Three of them do not have erasers on the end. What fraction of the pencils do not have erasers?

• 8/3
• 3/8
• 5/8
• 1/2

2. Kiki ate 1/6 of the celery sticks. What fraction of the celery sticks is left for Carl to eat?

• 5/6
• 2/3
• 3/4
• 4/6

3.  Mitchell has a small bag with twelve M&Ms in it.  Five of the M&Ms are yellow. Two are green. One is orange. Four are brown.  What fraction of the M&Ms are brown?

• 5/12
• 2/12
• 1/12
• 4/12

Fanny picked 2/5 of the oranges from the tree. What fraction of the oranges is left for Tina to pick?

• 4/5
• 1/2
• 3/5
• 1/4

6. Chelsea divided an apple into eight equal pieces. She ate five pieces. She put the other three in the fridge. What fraction did Chelsea eat?

• 5/8
• 1/4
• 1/2
• 3/8

Pam poured 1/4 cup of sugar into the cake mix. Her mom poured another 1/4 cup. How much sugar is in the cake mix?

• 3/4
• 2/8
• 2/4 or 1/2
• 1/4

Francis has six chocolate bars. He gives one to John and one to Chester. He keeps the rest for himself. What fraction of the chocolate bars did he give away?

• 3/6 or 1/2
• 4/6 or 2/3
• 2/6 or 1/3
• 5/6

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

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

Jordan ate 3/9 of the crackers. Sam ate of the 4/9 crackers. What fraction of the crackers is left?

• 7/9
• 2/9
• 1/9
• 5/9