Fractions Story Problems Which Operation to Choose to Solve

Brianna filled an bathtub with 6/8 gallon of water.  Soon she realized that there was only 4/8 gallon of water.  How much water leaked out of the tub?

• 3/8

• 2/8

• 10/8

• 10/12

If a family of 4 is sharing a pizza, they would divide the pizza into _______.

• halves

• fifths

• fourths

Landon has 8/10 of his lawn left to mow. He mows 6/10 of the lawn before breaking for breakfast. How much more of the lawn does Landon have left to mow?

Kirk has 3/4 of a carton of eggs. He uses some of the eggs to make an omelette and now has 2/4 of the carton left. What fraction of the carton did Kirk use?

of the marbles in a box were black and the rest were white. Akiko put in some more black marbles. Now, of the marbles are white. How many black marbles did Akiko put in?

Joel made some muffins. He gave 1/4 of the muffins to a neighbor. He took 3/8 of the muffins to school. What fraction of the muffins did he have left?

• 4/12

• 3/8

• 5/12

• 8/8

As a treat, your mom gave you a whole candy bar.  On the way to your friend’s house you ate ⅓ of the candy bar and put the rest away for later. After arriving to friend’s house, you decide that you want to share half of what was left with your friend.  What fraction of the candy bar will you share with your friend? 

• ⅓

• ½

• ⅔

• ⅜

• 5 eggs

• 7 eggs