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Multiplying or Dividing Fractions Word Problems

Authored by Anthony Clark

Mathematics

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Multiplying or Dividing Fractions Word Problems
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day.  If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

3/12 bucket

12 and ⅓ buckets

36 buckets

4 buckets

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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16 friends share 4 Pop-Tarts equally.  what fraction of a Pop-Tart does each friend get? 

4

2/4

1/8

1/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Twelve whole pizzas are eaten. Each person eats ¼ pizza. How many people eat pizza?

48 people 

16 people

8 people

3 people

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Hadley has a 1/2 kilogram of popcorn.  She divides the popcorn into 3 equal bags.  How many kilograms of popcorn are in each bag?

3

1/6

6

3/9

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Paige was making lemonade. Besides

lemons, she added 3/9 cup of sugar

for every cup of water. If she

wanted to make 4/7 cups of lemonade,

how much sugar would she need?

Addition

Subtraction

Multiplication

Division

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

Add

Subtract

Multiply

Divide

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?
What operation do you do to solve this problem?

Add

Subtract

Multiply

Divide

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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