Mastering Fraction Word Problems and Mixed Numbers

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 2 cups

• 1 1/4 cups

Sarah has 3 3/4 yards of ribbon. She uses 1 1/2 yards for a project. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 2 1/4 yards

• 2 yards

• 3 yards

• 1 1/4 yards

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3/4 of the pizza, how many slices are left?

• 4

• 2

• 3

• 1

Tom has 5 1/2 liters of juice. He pours 2 2/3 liters into a pitcher. How much juice does he have remaining?

• 3 1/2 liters

• 1 3/4 liters

• 2 5/6 liters

• 4 liters

A garden has 4 1/4 rows of carrots. If each row has 3/5 of a meter of carrots, how many meters of carrots are there in total?

• 4.00 meters

• 2.55 meters

• 3.20 meters

• 1.75 meters

Emily read 2 1/3 of a book in the morning and 1 1/2 of the book in the afternoon. How much of the book did she read in total?

• 3 1/2

• 3 5/6

• 2 3/4

• 4 1/2

A container holds 6 1/2 gallons of water. If 3/4 of it is used for watering plants, how much water is left in the container?

• 1.625 gallons

• 2.5 gallons

• 3 gallons

• 4 gallons

A cake recipe requires 1 2/3 cups of sugar. If you want to make 3 cakes, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 6 cups of sugar

• 3 cups of sugar

• 5 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of sugar

During a sale, a store offers 1 1/4 off the price of a toy. If the toy originally costs $10, what is the sale price?

• $8.00

• $7.50

• $9.00

• $8.75

A car travels 3 1/2 miles on 1/4 of a gallon of gas. How far can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 5 miles

• 7 miles

• 12 miles

• 10 miles