Fractions Word Problems Review

Which of the following questions could be answered using the expression 4 ÷ 1/4?

• How many total cups of cereal will Marley eat if she eats four 1/4 cup servings?

• How much cake will each person get if 4 people share 1/4 of a cake?

• How much candy is left if 1/4 cup is eaten from a 4 cup bag of candy?

• How many 1/4 cup servings are in a 4 cup bag of candy?

Holly uses 1/4 cup of chocolate chips for one batch of cookies. How much will she use to make 3 batches of cookies?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 3/4

Billy bought 3 bags of apples at the grocery store. The Gala apples weighed 2 1/2 pounds. The Golden Delicious weighed 3/4 pounds. The Granny Smith weighed 1 3/8 pounds. What was the total weight of the apples?

• 5 pounds

• 3 13/8 pounds

• 3 3/8 pounds

• 4 5/8 pounds

Gina put m&ms in 1/2 of the cookies she baked. She ate 2/3 of the m&m cookies. How many of the cookies did she eat?

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/6

John has 6 puppies. He feeds them a total of 20 ounces of food per day. If each puppy eats the same amount, how much does each puppy eat?

• 3 2/3 ounces

• 2 1/2 ounces

• 3 ounces

• 3 1/3 ounces

Elizabeth has 48 stickers. She shared 1/4 of them with her friends. How many stickers did she share?

• 24 stickers

• 12 stickers

• 15 stickers

• 8 stickers

The Miller family had 3/4 of a gallon of milk left in the fridge. Little Billy used 1/8 of it to make chocolate milk. How much of the gallon did little Billy use?

• 1/8 of a gallon

• 3/32 of a gallon

• 3/4 of a gallon

• 5/32 of a gallon

Addison drank 3/10 of a liter of Gatorade. Hillary drank 50/100 of a liter of Gatorade. How much more did Hillary drink than Addison?

• 1/5 of a liter

• 1/2 a liter

• 40/100 of a liter

• 3/10 of a liter

Power had 8 cups of sugar. He used 5 3/4 cups to make sugar cookies for all of fifth grade. How many cups of sugar does he have left?

• 3 3/4 cups

• 2 1/4 cups

• 2 cups

• 2 1/2 cups

A grasshopper can travel 1/10 mile in a minute. How many minutes will it take a grasshopper to travel 5 miles?

• 30 minutes

• 60 minutes

• 40 minutes

• 50 minutes