Real-Life Fraction Problems: Multiply & Divide Fractions

1. Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza. If she wants to share it equally with 2 friends, how much pizza will each person get?

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 1/4

• 1/3

2. A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 1 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

• 4 cups

• 2 2/3 cups

3. Tom read 1/2 of a book in the first week. If the book has 300 pages, how many pages did he read?

• 100 pages

• 200 pages

• 150 pages

• 75 pages

4. A garden has 5/6 of a square meter of space for planting flowers. If each flower takes up 1/3 of a square meter, how many flowers can be planted?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

5. Lisa has 1/2 of a yard of fabric. If she uses 1/4 of it to make a pillow, how much fabric does she have left?

• 3/8 yard

• 1/2 yard

• 1/4 yard

• 3/4 yard

6. A car can travel 3/5 of a mile on 1/4 of a gallon of gas. How far can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 0.8 miles

• 2.4 miles

• 3 miles

• 1.5 miles

7. If a cake recipe requires 3/5 of a cup of milk and you want to make 3 cakes, how much milk do you need?

• 1 4/5 cups

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 2 cups

8. A bottle contains 2/3 of a liter of juice. If you pour it into glasses that hold 1/6 of a liter each, how many glasses can you fill?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

9. A baker made 1/2 of a dozen cookies. If he wants to divide them equally into bags of 1/4 dozen, how many bags can he fill?

• 3

• 1

• 2

• 4

10. If a tank is filled with 3/4 of its capacity and 1/2 of that amount is used, how much of the tank is still filled?

• 1/2 of the tank's capacity

• 3/4 of the tank's capacity

• 1/4 of the tank's capacity

• 3/8 of the tank's capacity