Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Story Problems

Miss Troyer made 12 cookies. If 1/4 are sugar cookies. Which expression could be used to find out how many are sugar?

• 12 divided by 1/4

• 12 x 1/4

• 1/4 divided by 12

• 12 x 4

Kevin Durrant is making a recipe that calls for 1/4 cups of sugar. If he triples the recipe, how much sugar will he need.

• 3/4

• 3 1/4

• 1/12

• 1/3

• Multiplication

• Division

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• 2 2/3 lbs.

• 1/6 lbs

• 6 lbs.

• 3 1/3 lbs.

You have 2/3 quart of lemonade. If an equal amount of lemonade is poured into each of 6 glasses, how much lemonade will each class contain?

• 1/9 quart

• 1/4 quart

• 4 quarts

Kaitlyn has 5/8 pound of sunflower seeds. She puts seeds evenly into 10 envelopes. How much sunflower seed is in each envelope?

• 1/16 pound

• 5/16 pound

• 1/8 pound

Carson has 2 cups of dog food left. How many 1/2 cup servings are left in 2 cups of dog food?

• 4

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 6

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• Multiply

• Divide