Fraction Word Problems

Solve this problem:
Diana practices the piano for 3 hours each week.  She practices 1/2 hour on each of the days she practices.  How many days does Diana practice each week?

• 1 and 1/2

• 6

• 3 and 1/2

• 2 and 1/2

An amusement park sold 6 4/5 gallons of soda. 2 1/5 gallons were regular soda, and the rest was diet soda. How many gallons of diet soda were sold?

• 8 3/5 gallons

• 9 gallons

• 4 3/5 gallons

• 8 5/5 gallons

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8

• 3/10

• 5/8

• 7/8

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen wants to double the batch. How much oatmeal will Ellen need?

• 3

• 3 1/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 4/6

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

• 1/7

• 2/7

• 3/7

• 6/7

Gene ate 2/8 of the pizza pie. Tommy ate 1/8 of the pizza pie. What fraction of the pizza pie was eaten altogether?

• 5/8

• 4/8 or 1/2

• 2/8 or 1/4

• 3/8

There are red, blue, and green ribbons on the table.  There are a total of 48 ribbons.  Two-sixths of the ribbons are red.  How many ribbons are red?

• 6

• 12

• 16

• 8

Pam walks 3/4 of a mile to school. Paul walks 1/8 of a mile to school. How much farther does Pam walk than Paul?

• 5/8

• 4/8

• 1 3/8

• 3/4

Gordon used 1 3/4 cups of flour and then used an additional 1 3/4 cups of flour again. How much flour did he use altogether?

• 2 6/8 cups

• 6/4 cups

• 2 2/4 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

Carla's sister is 4 1/3 feet tall and her brother is 2 1/3 feet tall. How much taller is her sister than her brother?

• 1 1/6 feet

• 2 1/3 feet

• 2 1/6 feet

• 2 feet