Fractions of a Number Word Problems

• 6 servings

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

Carlos went to Kroger and spent $9.00. He spent 1/4 of his money on games. How much money was spent on games?

• 9/4 or 2 1/4

• 4/9

• $4.00

• $36/9 or $4.00

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?

• 1/2 of pizza

• 2 pizzas

• none

• 1/5 of pizza

Xander had 9 Legos and Valt played with 3/4 of Xander's Legos. How many of Xander's Legos did Valt play with?

• 6 3/4 of Xander's Legos

• 27 of Xander's Legos

• 1/2 of Xander's Legos

• 1/4 of Xander's Legos

We had 25 doughnuts and we ate 2/5 of them. How many doughnuts did we eat?

• 10 doughnuts

• 5 doughnuts

• 15 doughnuts

• 20 doughnuts

Matt has 2/3 yards of fishing line. He uses 3/8 yards of fishing line to make fishing knots. How much line is used to make knots?

Kim worked 7 ¾ hours on Wednesday. If he spent ½ of that time cleaning his office, how many hours did he spend cleaning? 

• 2 ⅝ hours

• 3 ⅝ hours

• 3 ⅞ hours