Deciding Fractions Word Problems

How many ¼ pound hamburgers can be made from 2 ½ pounds of ground beef?

• 10 hamburgers

• 12 hamburgers

• 8 hamburgers

• 27 hamburgers

Seane buys a 30 lb bag of dog food. Each dog eats 2/5 lb of food, how many dogs does he have?

• 12 dogs

• 56 dogs

• 89 dogs

• 75 dogs

Lana used 1 ½ gallons to paint ¾ of a room. How much paint is needed for the whole room?

• 2 1/2 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 1 1/2 gallons

I made 4 pizzas and think that ½ a pizza will feed one person. How many servings are there?

• 6 servings

• 10 servings

• 8 servings

• 7 servings

Yasmin has 8 kittens. Yasmin feeds these kittens a total of 22 ounces of food Yasmin feeds each kitten an equal amount of food Which statement is true?

• Each kitten is fed 2 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 2 1/2 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 2 3/4 ounces of food

• Each kitten is fed 3 ounces of food.

Mrs. Callan bought a pack of 10 cookies for her 3 children to share equally. How many cookies should each child get if the cookies are shared equally between the 3 children?

• 3 cookies

• 3 1/3 cookies

• 3 1/2 cookies

• 4 cookies

How many  one-third cup servings are in 9 cups of strawberries?

• 27

• 1/27

• 36

• 1/12

A chef had 7 avocados.  How many servings of guacamole could he make if each bowl uses one-fourth of an avocado?

• 7

• 1/28

• 28

• 24

A pet store had five dogs to feed.  If they only had one-fourth of a bag of dog food and each dog got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each dog get?

• 20

• 1/20

• 16