Fraction Word Problems Multiplication and Division

Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 13

• 6

• 9

• This is not possible.

Sergio has 3/4 lb of peanuts. He divides them into 1/16-lb snack bags. How many bags does he fill?

• 4

• 12

• 13

• 20

Mrs. Silverstein bought 3 cakes for a birthday party.  She cuts each cake into quarters (1/4) and plans to serve each guest one quarter of a cake.  How many guests can she serve with all of her cakes?

• 1/12

• 12

• 20

• 36

A pitcher of water contains 1/4

liters of water. The water is poured equally into 5 glasses.

What expression would match the story problem?

• 5 ÷ 1/4

• 1/4 ÷ 5

If a puppet requires 3/4 yards of material, how many puppets can be made from 9 yards of material?

• 6 puppets

• 7 puppets

• 12 puppets

• 9 puppets

Select the correct expression: 
Katherine has 6 cups of sugar. Each batch of cookies needs 3/4 cups of sugar. How many batches of cookies can Katherine make? 

• 6 x 3/4

• 6 ÷ 3/4

• 3/4 ÷ 6

• 3/4 x 6

 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

One batch of fruit punch contains 1/3 quart of grape juice. Colby makes 11 batches of fruit punch. How many 1/3 quarts will Colby need to make 11 batches of fruit punch.

• 3/11

• 3 2/3

• 2 1/3

• 33