Multiply and Divide Fractions Word Problems

The Dee-Lish Bakery adds 1/4 cup oil to all of its cakes. How many cakes can they make if they have 8 cups of oil?

• 2

• 8

• 16

• 32

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Brett was making potato cheese soup. For every cup of soup, he added 3/12 cup of cheddar cheese. How much cheese would he add for 6 cups of soup?

• 1 1/2

• 2 1/2

• 4 1/2

• 8 1/2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

• 22

• 20

• 40

• 7

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Jackson had 5/6 of an acre of land and he decided to plant a garden. If he wanted to use an equal amount of land for each of 7 vegetables, how much land would each vegetable have?

• 10/42

• 5/42

• 5 5/6

• 5 4/6

Dad mixed a batch of birdseed for the feeder. For every cup of birdseed, he added 2/7 cups of sunflower seeds. How much sunflower seed would he add if he made 14 batches?

• 2

• 4

• 1/14

• 2/14

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

The Smoothie Shop used 3/8 of a banana for its most popular smoothie, tropical sunrise. How many bananas would they use to make 40 of these smoothies?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

The pet store owner adds 1/4 teaspoon of fish food per day for each fish in the aquarium. If there were 26 fish how many teaspoons of fish food would he use?

• 6 1/2

• 5 1/2

• 6 1/4

• 5 1/4

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Each day, Mrs. Howard added 2/3 Tbsp. protein mix to her morning smoothie. How much protein mix would she use in one week?

• 2/21

• 3/21

• 3 2/3

• 4 2/3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

Michael's mom was taking 2 1/2 watermelons to the company picnic. If there were 50 people there, how much watermelon would each person get?

• 20

• 1/20

• 5/20

• 125

After school, Maria and her sister wanted to have pretzels dipped in Nutella. Since there was only 5/9 of a container of Nutella left, how much Nutella could each sister have?

• 10/18

• 5/18

• 3/18

• 1/18

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1