Fraction Word Problems

Pizza Party: Sarah ordered a large pizza and ate 1/4 of it. Her brother ate 1/3 of the pizza. How much of the pizza did they eat together?

• 1/2

• 7/12

• 2/3

• 5/12

Baking Cookies: Emily used 2/3 of a cup of sugar to bake cookies. If the recipe called for 1 cup of sugar, she has (a)   cup of sugar left.

• 1/3 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1/4 cup
• 1 cup

Sharing Candy: John had 3/4 of a bag of candy. He gave 1/2 of his candy to his friend. How much candy did John give to his friend?

• 1/8 of a bag

• 3/8 of a bag

• 1/2 of a bag

• 1/4 of a bag

Painting a Fence: Alex painted 1/5 of a fence on Monday and 2/5 of the fence on Tuesday. How much of the fence did he paint in total?

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 3/5

• 4/5

Drinking Juice: Lisa drank 1/4 of a bottle of juice in the morning and 1/3 of the bottle in the afternoon. How much juice did she drink in total?

• 1/2 of the bottle

• 2/3 of the bottle

• 3/4 of the bottle

• 5/6 of the bottle

Match the following fractions with the amount of the book Maria read over the weekend.

• Maria read a total of 3/4 of the book

• 1/2 of the book

• Maria read 1/4 of the book

• 1/4 of the book

• Maria read 1/2 of the book

• 3/4 of the book

• Maria read 1/2 on Saturday and 1/4 on Sunday

• 2/3 of the book

Eating Apples: David ate 2/5 of a bag of apples. If there were 10 apples in the bag, how many apples did David eat?

• 2 apples

• 4 apples

• 5 apples

• 6 apples

Building a Tower: Sam used 3/4 of a box of blocks to build a tower. If the box had 20 blocks, how many blocks did Sam use?

• 15 blocks

• 10 blocks

• 5 blocks

• 20 blocks

Swimming Laps: Emma swam 1/2 of a mile in the morning and 1/3 of a mile in the afternoon. How many miles did she swim in total?

• 5/6 miles

• 2/3 miles

• 1 mile

• 1/6 miles

Baking a Cake: Lily used 3/4 of a cup of flour to bake a cake. If the recipe called for 1 1/2 cups of flour, she needs (a)   more flour.

• 1/4 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 1 cup