Fraction Operations Word Problems Review

Bob has 2 1/8 sheets of metal. To make a roof Bob needs to use 4/5 of the sheets of metal. How many sheets of metal does Bob have after building one roof?

• 2 37/30

• 2 5/30

• 1 11/30

• 52/30 or 1 11/15

Bralyn has 3 1/3 cupcakes. Kylie took away 7/8 of a cup cake. How many cupcakes does Bralyn have left?

• 80/21 or 3 17/21

• 2 11/24

• 70/24 or 2 11/12

• 4 5/24

You have 3/4 of a bag of dog food. You have one week you have to feed your dog the bag of food. How much do you feed him each day?

• 3/28

• 21/4

• 28/3

• 7/3

Allie needs 3/4 cup of ketchup for a meatloaf recipe. She has an almost empty bottle which contains 1/4 cup of ketchup, another two bottles with 1/3 cup of ketchup in each bottle. Does she have enough for the recipe? How much does she have total?

• yes, 11/12 cup

• yes, 1 cup

• no, 2/3 cup

• no, 1/2 cup

Logan collected 18 ten-dollar bills while selling tickets for a show. He gave 1/6 of the bills to the theater and kept the rest. How much money did he keep?

• $150

• $165

• $132

• $155

You can paint a chair with 2/3 can of paint. How many chairs can you paint with 6 cans?

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

Ricky needed to buy the ice cream for his family dinner. He wants to buy enough ice cream so each of the 18 guests can have 3/4 of a pint of ice cream. How many pints should he buy?

• 14

• 24

Miss Marsh was baking cookies and wanted to triple the batch. One batch calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. How many cups of sugar will she use for all three batches?

• 1 1/3 cups

• 2/9 cup

• 3 cups

• 2 cups

Avery was making brownies. The recipe made 24 brownies but she only wanted to make 12. The recipe called for 1 1/2 cups milk. How much milk will she need to make 12 brownies?

• 1 1/2 cups

• 3/4 cup

• 1/2 cups

• 3/8 cups

Lily had 1/6 of a cake left over from her brothers birthday party. If she split the leftover cake evenly between 3 people how much of the cake would each person get?

• 1/2

• 18

• 1/18

• 1/12