Fraction Word Problems

Danielle has a bag of popsicles. 4 are cherry, 5 are lemon, 2 are grape, and 8 are lime. What fraction of the popsicles are grape?

There are 12 people swimming in a pool. 3 have on red swimsuits, 4 are wearing blue swimsuits and the rest are wearing yellow swimsuits. What fraction of the swimsuits are yellow?

There are 8 floaties in a pool. 2/8 are green, 5/8 are pink and the rest are orange. What fraction of the floaties are orange?

Mr.Smith order 10 ice cream cones for him and his family. Five were chocolate. What fraction of the ice cream comes were chocolate?

A rectangular garden is divided into 4 equal sections. If 3/4 of the garden is planted with flowers, what fraction of the garden is not planted with flowers?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/3

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?

Michelle was making bracelets from ribbon. She wanted to make 4 bracelets and each bracelet needed 2/3 yards of ribbon. How much ribbon does Michelle need?

Yesterday, Megan's Snack Shack went through 2/5 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 3 times as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

The Fox family ordered a large pizza with 12 slices. Three-twelfths of the pizza was pepperoni. Four-twelfths of the pizza was ham and the rest was just cheese. What fraction of the pizza was just cheese?

Pam walks 3/4 of a mile to school. Paul walks 1/8 of a mile to school. How much farther does Pam walk than Paul?

• 5/8

• 4/8

• 1 3/8

• 3/4