Multiply and Divide Fraction Word Problem

Aunt Lisa made strawberry and grape jelly.  She made 1  1/2 cups of strawberry.  She made 4  1/2 times as much grape jelly as she did strawberry jelly.  How many cups of grape jelly did she make?

• 4  1/4 cups

• 2 cups

• 3  1/2 cups

• 6  3/4 cups

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

A scientist has a bottle that is 5/6 full of solution.  He uses 2/5 of the solution in the bottle for an experiment.  How much of a full bottle of solution does he use?

• 1/3 of a bottle

• 1/2 of a bottle

• 14/30 of a bottle

• 1/5 of a bottle

Tana made 3 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and cut each one into fourths.  How many 1/4 sandwich pieces did Tana have?

• 1/12 pieces

• 4 pieces

• 12 pieces

• 3/4 pieces

• 16 bags

• 18 bags

• 17 bags

A recipe calls for ¹/₄ cup of sugar. How many batches can be made from a 5 pound bag of sugar?

• 1/20 batches

• 20 batches

• 1 1/4 batches

• 5/20 batches

A broom closet measures 2 1/2 feet by 3 2/3 feet. How many square feet of tile are needed to cover the floor of the broom closet?

• 6 1/3 sq feet

• 6 1/2 sq feet

• 9 sq feet

• 9 1/6 sq feet

Julie is making a blanket. She bought 1/3 yard of fabric to use for the center of her blanket. Julie cut the fabric into 5 same-size pieces. What part of a yard is each piece?

• 1/15 yards

• 15 yards

• 5/3 yards

• 1 2/3 yards

Layla has 4 pounds of bird seed. Each day she feeds the robins ⅙ pound of seeds. For how many days can she feed the robins?

• 1/24 days

• 4/6 days

• 24 days

• 16 days

Mrs. Rogers’s lasagna recipe takes 5/8 cups of mozzarella cheese per pan. How much mozzarella cheese will it take if Mrs. Rogers needs to cook 3½ pans of lasagna?

• 2 and 3/16 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 15/16 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 3 and 3/4 cups of mozzarella cheese

• 2 and 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese