Fraction Word Problems

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

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?

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Jon jogged 3/4 of a mile in the morning. Jon jogged 2/3 of a mile in the evening. How much farther did he jog in the morning?

• 1/1

• 5/7

• 1/2

• 1/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

Joe has 6 gallons of paint. It takes 1/4 gallon to paint a chair. How many chairs can he paint?

• 24

• 12

• 6

• 4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

a pizza has 12 slices. 1/2 of a pizza has pepperoni. 1/3 of those slices also have pineapple. How many slices have pepperoni and pineapple.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

1/3 of a pizza has onions. 1/4 of those slices also have mushrooms. What fraction of the pizza has mushrooms and onions?

• 1/12

• 2/12

• 2/5

• 6/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

4 friends share 2/3 of a pizza. How much does each friend get?

• 1/6

• 1/12

• 1/8

• 1/10

Jon jogged 3/5 of a mile in the morning. Jon jogged 1/2 of a mile in the evening. How much farther did he jog in the morning?

• 1/10

• 1/5

• 2/3

• 1/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

4 friends share 1/2 of a pizza. How much does each friend get?

• 1/6

• 1/12

• 1/8

• 1/10

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C