Fraction Word Problems Multiply and Divide

Sarah is making 1/2 of a cookie recipe. If the recipe calls for 2 1/3 cups of flour, how much will she use?

• 2 1/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

• 1 1/5 cups

• 1/6 cups

A box of cereal contains 10 1/2 cups. If each serving is 1 1/4 cups, how many servings are in the box?

• 5 5/8 servings

• 10 1/8 servings

• 8 2/5 servings

• 6 servings

Gerald is making 2 1/3 batches of chicken soup. If one recipe needs 1/2 cup of carrots. How much carrots will be needed for all the soup?

• 2 cups

• 1/2 cups

• 5/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

Cam's car gets 31 1/2 miles per gallon of gas. If he puts 15 gallons of gas in his car, how far can he go?

• 315 miles

• 465 1/2 miles

• 472 1/2 miles

• 540 3/4 miles

Mrs. Rogers’s lasagna recipe takes 5/8 cups of mozzarella cheese per pan. How much mozzarella cheese will it take if Mrs. Rogers needs to cook 3½ pans of lasagna?

• 2 and 3/16 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 15/16 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 3 and 3/4 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 2 and 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese

Each lap around Votee Park is 2 ⅜ miles long.  Terrence walked 2½ laps around the park.  How many miles did Terrence walk?

• 4 and 3/16 miles

• 5¼ miles

• 5⅜ miles

• 5 and 5/16 miles

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

Mrs. Sheffield has 1/3 of a cake left. If she eats 2/5 of that cake, how much is still left?

• 11/15

• 1 1/5

• 3/15

• 2/15

Carrie has 1/3 of a bag of candy left. If she shared 4/5 of that bag with her friends, how much does she have left for herself?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 1/15

• 2/8

Seámus took a quiz with 45 questions on it. He got 7/9 of the questions correct. How many questions did he get correct?

• 42

• 18

• 27

• 35