Fraction Word Problems: Sharing, Recipes, and Remainders

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

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 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?

• 3 cups

• 4 cups

• 1 and 1/3 cups

• 2 and 2/3 cups

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

3. A gardener has 5/6 of a bag of soil. If he uses 1/2 of the bag for a flower bed, how much soil does he have left?

• 1/3

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 5/12

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.A.1

CCSS.5.NF.A.2

4. A baker made 2 1/2 dozen cookies. If he packs them into boxes of 1/3 dozen each, how many boxes can he fill?

• 8

• 5

• 7

• 10

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.A.1

5. Emma read 3/5 of a book in 2 days. If she continues at the same rate, how much of the book will she read in 5 days?

• 3.0

• 2.5

• 1.0

• 1.5

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

6. A car can travel 1/4 of a tank of gas for 120 miles. How far can it travel on a full tank?

• 240 miles

• 360 miles

• 600 miles

• 480 miles

Tags

CCSS.7.RP.A.1

7. A teacher has 7/8 of a pack of markers. If she gives 1/4 of the pack to each of her 3 students, how much will she have left?

• 1/2

• 1/8

• 3/8

• 5/8

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3

8. A recipe requires 1/2 cup of oil. If you want to make 3/4 of the recipe, how much oil do you need?

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 3/8 cup

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

9. A farmer harvested 5 1/2 acres of corn. If he sells 2/3 of it, how many acres of corn does he have left?

• 1 5/6 acres

• 4 acres

• 3 1/2 acres

• 2 acres

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.3