Multiplying or Dividing Fractions Word Problems

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

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

• 4

• 2/4

• 1/8

• 1/4

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

• 48 people 

• 16 people

• 8 people

• 3 people

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

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

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

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

At the kite company, each kite

frame takes 5 3/5 feet of wood.

How much wood do they need for 10

Kites?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

The Groovy Coffee Shop makes a

delicious hot chocolate. For every hot

chocolate, they add 3 2/6 oz. of

whipped cream. If they made 6 hot

chocolates, how much whipped

cream would they use?

• Addition

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem?

Wayne has a hot dog stand open all summer. On Wednesday, he used 2/3 a bag of hot dog buns. On Thursday, he used 4/5 as many hot dog buns. How many bags of hot dog buns did Wayne use on Thursday?

• Multiplication

• Division