Math STAAR Review Fractions

Michael has an 8-pound bag of dog food for his bulldog. Each day, Michael gives his dog 1/2 a pound of dog food. How many days will the bag of dog food last?

• 12 days

• 1/16 of a day

• 16 days

• 10 days

David studied for his math test 4 times this week. Each time, he studied for 2/3 of an hour. How many hours in all did he study for his exam this week?

• 2 hours

• 7/3 or 2 1/3 hours

• 8/3 or 2 2/3 hours

• 10/3 or 3 1/3 hours

The zookeeper ordered 1/4 of a ton of food for the monkeys this month. If there are 7 monkeys at the zoo, and they each are fed an equal amount of food, how many tons of food does each monkey receive?

• 28 tons

• 1/21 of a ton

• 1/28 of a ton

• 1/11 of a ton

Jeremy needs to feed his two dogs every day as part of his chores. Each of his dogs needs 2/5 of a cup of dog food every day. If he feeds both dogs for 7 days, how many cups of dog food will he need to feed both dogs?

• 14/5 or 2 4/5 cups

• 14/35 of a cup

• 28/5 or 5 3/5 cups

• 14 cups

• F

• G

• H

• J

The 5^th grade students voted for class president last week. Darrell received 3/10 of the votes, Frank received ¼ of the votes, and Anne received 1/5 of the votes. What fraction of the votes did Darrell, Frank, and Anne receive in all?

• 15/25

• 3/4

• 11/20

• 9/20

This weekend, 5 9/10 inches of rain fell on Saturday, and 2 2/3 inches of rain fell on Sunday. How much more rain fell on Saturday than on Sunday?

• 3 2/3 inches

• 3 7/30 inches

• 8 1/12 inches

• 7 4/7 inches

Brandon made 12 foot-long sandwiches. He cut each sandwich into thirds for a party. How many pieces of sandwich does Brandon have for the party?

• 3 pieces

• 4 pieces

• 36 pieces

• 1/36 pieces

Perla and Alex had 15 grapes. Perla ate 1/5 of them. Alex ate 1/3 of them. Which statement is true?

• Perla and Alex ate the same number of grapes.

• Perla ate 3 grapes and Alex ate 5 grapes.

• Perla ate 5 grapes and Alex ate 3 grapes

• There were 8 grapes left over.

Marlee completed the following subtraction. What is her error, if any?

• She did not find equivalent fractions.

• Her subtraction was correct.

• She did not find the correct LCD

• She did not subtract 1 from 6 after converting 1 to 18/18.