Real-Life Fraction Fun: Multiplication & Whole Numbers

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

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 1/4

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?

• 2 2/3 cups

• 4 cups

• 1 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

3. Tom read 1/5 of a book in the first week. If he continues to read that same fraction each week for 3 weeks, how much of the book will he have read?

• 3/5

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 4/5

4. A gardener planted 3/8 of a garden with flowers. If he plants 5 times that amount with vegetables, how much of the garden is planted with vegetables?

• 15/8 or 1.875 times the garden (not valid in context)

• 1/2 of the garden

• 2/3 of the garden

• 3/4 of the garden

5. A baker uses 1/2 cup of flour for each batch of cookies. If he makes 6 batches, how much flour does he use in total?

• 3 cups

• 5 cups

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

6. Lisa drank 2/3 of a gallon of juice. If she drinks that same amount every day for 4 days, how much juice will she have consumed?

• 2 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 3 gallons

• 2 and 2/3 gallons

7. A painter uses 3/5 of a gallon of paint for each room. If he paints 2 rooms, how much paint does he use?

• 2 gallons

• 1 gallon

• 3/5 gallon

• 1 and 1/5 gallons

8. A school has 1/4 of its students in the band. If there are 120 students in total, how many students are in the band?

• 30

• 50

• 20

• 40

9. A recipe requires 3/10 of a pound of cheese for one pizza. If you want to make 5 pizzas, how much cheese do you need?

• 1 pound

• 2.5 pounds

• 2 pounds

• 1.5 pounds

10. A farmer harvested 2/3 of his apples. If he sells 3 times that amount, how many apples does he sell?

• 2/3 of the harvested apples multiplied by 3 equals 2 times the harvested amount.

• 2/3 of the total apples sold without multiplication

• The total number of apples harvested multiplied by 3

• 1/3 of the harvested apples multiplied by 3