Real-Life Fraction Challenges: Dividing with Ease

If a recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar and you want to make only 1/2 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 2/3 cup

• 3/8 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 1/2 cup

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

• 6 slices

• 7 slices

• 5 slices

• 4 slices

You have 2/3 of a yard of ribbon. If you cut it into pieces that are each 1/6 of a yard long, how many pieces can you cut?

• 6

• 3

• 2

• 4

A car travels 1/2 of a mile in 1/4 of an hour. How many miles does it travel in one hour?

• 4 miles per hour

• 2 miles per hour

• 1 mile per hour

• 3 miles per hour

You have 5/6 of a gallon of paint. If you use 1/3 of a gallon for a project, how much paint do you have left?

• 1/4 gallon

• 2/3 gallon

• 3/4 gallon

• 1/2 gallon

A garden is divided into 3/5 of an acre. If you plant flowers in 1/2 of that area, how much area is planted with flowers?

• 2/5 acres

• 1/3 acres

• 3/10 acres

• 1/4 acres

If a chocolate bar is divided into 12 equal pieces and you eat 1/4 of it, how many pieces did you eat?

• 3

• 6

• 2

• 4

You have 1/2 of a cake left. If you want to share it equally among 3 friends, how much cake will each friend get?

• 1/6

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 1/3

A bottle contains 3/4 of a liter of juice. If you pour out 1/2 of it, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1/8 liters

• 1/4 liters

• 3/8 liters

• 1/2 liters

You read 2/3 of a book in one week. If the book has 9 chapters, how many chapters did you read?

• 4 chapters

• 5 chapters

• 7 chapters

• 6 chapters