Fraction Word Problems

Rachel had 1/8 bag of popcorn. Ethan had 2/3 bag of popcorn. How much popcorn did they have altogether? What operation will you use to answer the question?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

A recipe for muffins calls for 3/4 cup of flour. Carlito is making 6 batches of muffins. How much flour does he need?
What operation do you do to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

Beth had 3 and 1/4 cups of milk. She used 1 and 3/4 cups of the milk to bake a cake. How many cups of milk does Beth have left?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

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

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?

Logan collected 18 ten-dollar bills while selling tickets for a show. He gave 1/6 of the bills to the theater and kept the rest. How much money did he keep?

• $150

• $165

• $132

• $155

There were 12 children at a party. Of those 12 children 3/4 of them had an apple. How many children had an apple?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide