Multistep Fraction Word Problems

There are a lot of toys to be cleaned up in the garage. Moaz cleaned up 3/6 of the toys. Hazem cleaned up 2/6 of the toys. What fraction of the toys is left to clean up?

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

Rawan ate 1/8 bag of popcorn 3 times. Malak ate 3/8 bag of popcorn 2 times. How much popcorn did they eat all together?

• 1

• 7/8

Laila babysits for 5/6 of an hour 2 times a week. Malak babysits for 3/6 of an our 2 times a week. How many hours do they both babysit?

• 3/4 hour

• 2 hours

• 1/4 hour

• 1 hour

Steven picked 2/5 oranges from 3 trees. AG picked 1/5 oranges from 4 trees. How much more did Steven pick than AG?

• 3/5

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 4/5

Each of 5 boys ate 2/3 of a pizza. What is the total amount of pizza the boys ate

• 7 and 1/2 pizza

• 3 and 1/3 pizza

• 4 and 1/3 pizza

• 5 and 2/3 pizza

Solving Fraction Word Problem: A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar, but you only have 1/2 cup. How much more sugar do you need to buy?

• 1/2 cup

• 1/6 cup

• 3/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

of the marbles in a box were black and the rest were white. Akiko put in some more black marbles. Now,  of the marbles are white. How many black marbles did Akiko put in?

Joel made some muffins. He gave 1/4 of the muffins to a neighbor. He took 3/8 of the muffins to school. What fraction of the muffins did he have left?

• 4/12

• 3/8

• 5/12

• 8/8

Which operation would you use to solve this problem?

Easton made some muffins. He gave 1/4 of the muffins to a neighbor. He took 3/8 of the muffins to school. What fraction of the muffins did he have left?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

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?

• 1

• 2/9

• 2

• 1/4