Fraction Word Problem

Macy washed her dirty clothes over the weekend. She used 1 1/3 scoops of detergent for her white load and 9/12 of a scoop for her dark load. How much more laundry detergent did she use in the white load?

• 1 /12 of a scoop

• 2/12 of a scoop

• 7/12 of a scoop

• 5/12 of a scoop

Solve this problem:
Mr. Richie’s and Mrs. Madison’s 5th grade classes each have the same number of students. During lunch, 5/8 of Mr. Richie’s class and 3/5 of Mrs. Madison’s class purchased a school lunch. How much more of Mr. Richie’s class bought a school lunch?

• 1/40

• 1 and 9/40

• 3/8

• 1 and 11/24

Solve this problem:
Mario is making brownies. Four-fifths of the brownies have walnuts on them. One-half of the brownies with walnuts also have peanut butter in them. What fraction of the brownies have walnuts and peanut butter?

• 1 and 3/5

• 3/10

• 1 and 3/10

• 2/5

Julia scored 3  5/8 pounds of candy for Halloween. Roderick scored 2  3/4 pounds. How many total pounds of candy did Julia and Roderick score combined?

• 6  1/4 pounds 

• 6  3/8 pounds 

• 6  5/8 pounds 

• 6  1/8 pounds 

• 65 tulip bulbs

• 166 2/5 tulip bulbs

• 13 tulip bulbs

• 21 tulip bulbs

• 8 meters of felt

• 1/2 meters of felt

• 6/12 meters of felt

• 1 meter of felt

Three friends shared a pizza. Mary ate 3/8 of the pizza, Jolene ate 3/16 of the pizza, and Susan ate 1/4 of the pizza. After they were finished eating, how much of the pizza was left?

• 1/4

• 3/16

• 4/16

• 1/2

Kayla had 9/10 gal of paint. She painted the ceilings in her bedroom using 2/3 gal and her bathroom using 1/5 gal. How much paint does she have left?

• 13/15

• 7/30

• 19/30

• 1/30

Solve this problem:
A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?

• 6 and 3/4

• 5 and 1/4

• 4 and 1/2

• 8

Solve this problem:
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?

• 2/9

• 1/3

• 1

• 1/4