Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Word Problems Multi Step

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• Multiply

• Divide

Jackson’s mother buys 4 packs of hamburger meat. Each pack contains 2/3 of a pound of meat. How much total meat did she buy?

• 2 2/3 lbs.

• 1/6 lbs

• 6 lbs.

• 3 1/3 lbs.

Mrs. Diego has 3 cups of sugar. She needs to divide the sugar equally into containers of 1/3 of a cup of sugar. How many containers will Mrs. Diego be able to fill?

• 1 container

• 6 containers

• 1/9 container

• 9 containers

A fudge company makes 4 pounds of fudge. A worker separates the fudge into packages of ¼ of a pound of fudge each. How many packages does he make?

• multiply

• divide

Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day. If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Each of 5 boys ate 2/3 of a pizza. What is the total amount of pizza the boys ate

• 7 and 1/2 pizza

• 3 and 1/3 pizza

• 4 and 1/3 pizza

• 5 and 2/3 pizza

The day after a party, 1/2 of the cake remains.  If 4 people share the rest of the cake equally, what fraction of the cake does each person get? 

• 4/2 of a cake

• 1/8 of a cake

• 8 cakes

• 1/4 of a cake

Natalie bought 10 pizzas for a party. When the party was over, she noticed 1/5 of the pizza was gone. How much pizza did everyone eat at the party?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Twelve whole pizzas are eaten. Each person eats ¼ pizza. How many people eat pizza?

• 48 people 

• 16 people

• 8 people

• 3 people

Tydus wants to fill six containers with ¾ of a cup of lemonade. How much lemonade will he need to fill the six containers?

• Multiply

• Divide