Fraction Word Problems Identify Operations

4. Solve the following subtraction problem: 7/8 - 1/4

• 9/16

• 2/4

• 3/8

• 5/8

Jason is having a pizza party for his birthday. If he is having 20 friends over and they each eat 3/8 of a pizza, how many pizzas should he order for the party?

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

Josie collected 2/3 of a bin of cans to recycle. Dianne collected 9 times as many bins as Josie. How many bins of cans did Dianne collect?

• 6

Tomas and Hector are running at P.E. Tomas runs 3/4 of a mile. Hector runs 3 times as far as Tomas. How far did Hector run?

Yesterday, Megan's Snack Shack went through 2/5 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 3 times as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

Joe's mom ordered 12 pizzas for a party. 1/4 of the pizzas were pepperoni pizzas, how many pepperoni pizzas were there?

• 4

• 3

• 9

• 8

Michelle was making bracelets from ribbon. She wanted to make 4 bracelets and each bracelet needed 2/3 yards of ribbon. How much ribbon does Michelle need?

In the morning, Jennifer drove to the store and used 2/4 of a gallon of gas. In the afternoon, she drove to the movie theater and used 3/4 of a gallon of gas. How much gas did Jennifer use in all?

Nicole sprinted 6 2/8 laps and then took a break by jogging 4 7/8 laps. How much farther did Nicole sprint than jog?