Fractions of Set Word Problems

There are 12 yards of fabric. Each pillow uses 2/3 yard. How many pillows can be made?

• 8 pillows

• 12 pillows

• 18 pillows

How much of the Kit-Kat bar did Doug get to eat?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• None

• 3/4

A batch of oatmeal cookies calls for 3/4 cup of oatmeal. Ellen is making 4 1/2 batches of cookies. How many cups of oatmeal will she need?

• 3

• 3  1/8

• 3  3/8

• 4   4/6

Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 7/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?

• 1/2

• 7/8

• 1 1/2

• 4 5/8

Snow fell in Newton twice in one day. The town received 3/8 inch of snow in the morning and another 1/2 inch of snow in the afternoon. How many total inches of snow fell in Newton on that day?

• 1/8

• 3/10

• 5/8

• 7/8

Kayla has 3/9 of a pizza and Lille gave her 2/9 of a pizza. How much pizza does Kayla have now?

• 5

• 5/9

• 1/9

• 6/9

Simon has 1/5 of a gallon of cranberry juice, 1/3 of a gallon of apple juice, and 7/10 of a gallon of grape juice. How much juice does Simon have?

• 9/30

• 1/2

• 1  7/30

• 1  13/30

There are seven gloves in the lost & found box. There are two blue gloves, three green gloves, one black glove, and one brown glove. What fraction of the gloves are black?

• 1/7

• 2/7

• 3/7

• 6/7

Kai spent 24 days at Grandma's house last summer.

His sister spent ⅜ of that time at Grandma's.

How many days did Kai's sister spend at Grandma's house last summer?

• 6 days

• 9 days

• 14 days

• 64 days

Denis has 100 baseball cards. 1/4 of them are new. How many of them are not new?

• 133

• 1/3

• 25

• 75