Fraction Fun: Real-World Multiplication & Division Challenges

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

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 1 1/4 cups

• 2 cups

Sarah has 3/4 of a yard of ribbon. She uses 1/2 of it to make a bow. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 1/2 of a yard

• 1/4 of a yard

• 3/8 of a yard

• 5/8 of a yard

A garden is 1 1/3 meters long. If you want to plant flowers every 1/4 meter, how many flowers can you plant?

• 4

• 7

• 6

• 5

Tom has 5/6 of a pizza. He shares it equally among 3 friends. How much pizza does each friend get?

• 5/18

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/2

A car travels 2 1/4 miles every hour. How far will it travel in 3 hours?

• 6.75 miles

• 8.5 miles

• 7 miles

• 5 miles

A bottle holds 1 1/2 liters of juice. If you pour out 2/3 of it, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1 liter

• 0.5 liters

• 2 liters

• 1 1/4 liters

A box contains 4 1/2 pounds of apples. If you divide the apples into bags of 3/4 pound each, how many bags can you fill?

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 6

Lily read 1/3 of a book in the first week and 1/4 of the book in the second week. What fraction of the book has she read in total?

• 1/2

• 7/12

• 5/12

• 2/3

A recipe requires 3/5 of a cup of sugar. If you want to make 2 1/2 times the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1.5 cups

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 2 cups

A baker made 2 2/3 dozen cookies. If he sells 1/3 of them, how many cookies does he have left?

• 20

• 22

• 24

• 18