Exploring Unit Fractions: Fun Real-Life Scenarios

If you have 1/4 of a pizza and you want to share it with 2 friends, how much pizza will each person get?

• 1/3

• 1/8

• 1/6

• 1/12

A recipe calls for 1/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 2 batches of cookies, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 2/3 cup of sugar

• 1/2 cup of sugar

• 1/4 cup of sugar

• 1 cup of sugar

You have 1/2 of a chocolate bar. If you eat 1/4 of it, how much of the chocolate bar do you have left?

• 1/8 of the chocolate bar

• 3/8 of the chocolate bar

• 1/2 of the chocolate bar

• 1/4 of the chocolate bar

A garden has 1/6 of its area planted with flowers. If 3 times that area is planted with vegetables, what fraction of the garden is planted with vegetables?

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 1/3

If a bottle holds 1/5 of a gallon of juice and you fill 3 bottles, how many gallons of juice do you have?

• 2/5 gallons

• 3/5 gallons

• 4/5 gallons

• 1 gallon

You read 1/8 of a book in the morning and 1/4 of the book in the evening. How much of the book did you read in total?

• 1/2

• 5/8

• 3/8

• 1/4

A cake is cut into 8 equal pieces. If you eat 1/2 of the cake, how many pieces did you eat?

• 2 pieces

• 6 pieces

• 8 pieces

• 4 pieces

If you have 1/3 of a yard of fabric and you use 1/6 of it for a project, how much fabric do you have left?

• 1/2 yard

• 2/9 yard

• 5/18 yard

• 1/4 yard

A box contains 1/2 of a dozen eggs. If you buy 2 boxes, how many eggs do you have in total?

• 6

• 8

• 10

• 12

You have 1/10 of a mile left to run. If you run 1/5 of that distance, how much distance have you run?

• 1/50 of a mile

• 1/20 of a mile

• 1/10 of a mile

• 1/4 of a mile