Multiply, Divide, Add and Subtract Fraction Word Problems

A farmer mows 1/5 of an acre each day.  If his property has 3 acres, how many days will it take to mow it all?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Solve this problem:
Penny raked 3/5 of her yard on Saturday and 1/3 of her yard on Sunday. How much of her yard did she rake?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 14/15

• 1 and 4/5

Snow fell in Monroe twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Monroe on that day?

• 1/8

• 3/10

• 5/8

• 7/8

Bill is cleaning out his refrigerator and notices that he has 2/3 of a gallon of juice left in the container. He pours 2/9 picture of a gallon left for his brother. What part of the gallon of juice is left now?

• 4/9

• 3/9

• 2/6

• 1/2

A recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar. If the recipe is doubled, how much sugar is needed?

• 1

• 1 1/2

• 1  3/4 

• 2

Five friends shared 1  1/2 pounds of fudge equally. How much did each friend get?

• add

• divide

• subtract

• multiply

Yasmine uses 1/3 cup of water for 1 serving of a spaghetti sauce recipe. She wants to make 3  3/4 servings of spaghetti sauce. How much water will Yasmine need?

• add

• multiply

• divide

• subtract

You have three pounds of hamburger. How many 1/4 pound hamburgers can be made from this amount of meat? 

• 1  1/4

• 6

• 8

• 12

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether? What operation will you use to answer the question?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Mr. Luebke ate 2 3/4 of a pie on Monday and 1 2/5 of a pie on Friday. How much more pie was eaten on Monday than Friday? What operation will you use to answer the question?

• divide

• multiply

• add

• subtract