Envisions Math Fractions Word Problems

Tamara needs tiles to make a border for her bathroom wall. The border will be 9 feet long and 1/3 foot wide. Each tile measures 1/3 foot by 1/3 foot. Each box of tiles contains 6 tiles. How many boxes of tiles does Tamara need?

Mr. Martin had 6 gallons of paint. He painted 12 doors. How many benches can he paint with the paint that is left?

Johnny cut his pizza into 6 pieces, and he ate 2 pieces.

What fractions tells what part of the pizza he ate?

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 6/6

There were 5 cows at Milky Farm. Two cows were black, and the others were brown and white. What fraction of the cows were black?

• 0/5

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 5/5

I have six pieces of candy. If 5/6 of my candy is suckers, how many pieces are NOT suckers?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 0

I ate 2/6 of a pie, then later ate another 2/6. What is the total part of the pie I ate altogether?

• 2/6

• 1/6

• 3/6

• 4/6

What fraction is equal to 1/2?

• 1/4

• 2/3

• 2/4

• 5/6

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 

Daniella made 2 4/5 cups of lemonade on Wednesday and 1 1/2 cups of lemonade on Thursday. How much lemonade did she make on those two days combined?

• 4  2/5 cups

• 4  3/10 cups

• 4  1/10 cups

• 4  1/2 cups

Daniel's cat ate 1 5/6 pounds of cat food last week. This week, he ate 3/4 pounds less. How much cat food did he eat this week?

• 1  1/12 pounds

• 1  1/6 pounds

• 1  1/4 pounds

• 1  1/8 pounds