Mixing It Up: Word Problems & Fraction Simplification

1. Sarah has 3 1/2 pizzas and wants to share them equally among 4 friends. How much pizza will each friend get? Simplify your answer.

• 3/4

• 2

• 7/8

• 1 1/4

2. A recipe requires 2 3/4 cups of flour, but you only want to make 1/2 of the recipe. How much flour do you need? Simplify your answer.

• 1 1/2 cups

• 2 cups

• 1 3/8 cups

• 3/4 cup

3. Tom has 5 2/3 yards of fabric. He uses 2 1/4 yards to make a shirt. How much fabric does he have left? Simplify your answer.

• 3 5/12 yards

• 3 1/2 yards

• 2 1/2 yards

• 4 1/4 yards

4. A gardener has 4 1/2 bags of soil and uses 1 1/3 bags for planting. How many bags of soil does he have remaining? Simplify your answer.

• 2 1/4

• 3 1/6

• 4 1/2

• 3 1/2

5. Lisa read 3 1/4 of a book and wants to divide the remaining part equally among 3 days. How much of the book will she read each day? Simplify your answer.

• 1/2 of the book

• 1/4 of the book

• 2/3 of the book

• 1/3 of the book

6. A baker made 6 1/2 dozen cookies and sold 2 3/4 dozen. How many dozen cookies does he have left? Simplify your answer.

• 3 3/4 dozen

• 5 1/2 dozen

• 4 dozen

• 2 dozen

7. A car can travel 4 1/2 miles on 1/3 of a gallon of gas. How far can it travel on 1 gallon of gas? Simplify your answer.

• 13 1/2 miles

• 15 miles

• 10 miles

• 12 miles

8. A painter has 7 1/4 liters of paint and uses 2 2/3 liters for a project. How much paint does he have left? Simplify your answer.

• 3 1/2 liters

• 5 liters

• 4 7/12 liters

• 6 1/4 liters

9. A box contains 5 1/2 pounds of candy. If 2 1/4 pounds are given to a party, how much candy remains? Simplify your answer.

• 3 1/4 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 1 1/4 pounds

• 2 1/2 pounds

10. A recipe calls for 3 3/4 cups of sugar, but you want to make only 1/4 of it. How much sugar do you need? Simplify your answer.

• 1 cup

• 15/16 cups

• 2 cups

• 3/4 cup