Fraction Word Problems: Sharing, Recipes, and More!

If you have 3/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally among 3 friends, how much pizza will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2/4

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make half of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1/2 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 1/3 cup

You have 5/6 of a chocolate bar. If you eat 1/2 of what you have, how much of the chocolate bar will you have left?

• 2/3

• 3/4

• 5/12

• 1/3

A garden has 1/2 of its area planted with flowers. If the area of the garden is 12 square meters, how many square meters are planted with flowers?

• 8 square meters

• 6 square meters

• 10 square meters

• 4 square meters

If a car travels 3/5 of a mile in 1/3 of an hour, what is the car's speed in miles per hour?

• 3.0 miles per hour

• 1.2 miles per hour

• 2.5 miles per hour

• 1.8 miles per hour

You have 7/8 of a gallon of paint. If you use 1/4 of it for a project, how much paint will you have left?

• 5/8

• 21/32

• 1/2

• 3/4

A baker made 2/5 of a cake and sold 1/2 of that. How much of the whole cake did the baker sell?

• 1/4 of the whole cake

• 2/5 of the whole cake

• 1/3 of the whole cake

• 1/5 of the whole cake

If a bottle contains 3/4 liter of juice and you pour it into cups that hold 1/8 liter each, how many cups can you fill?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 5

You read 1/3 of a book in the first week and 1/4 of the book in the second week. How much of the book have you read in total?

• 1/2

• 7/12

• 5/12

• 2/3

A recipe requires 1/2 cup of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how much flour do you need in total?

• 1 1/2 cups

• 3/4 cup

• 2 cups

• 1 cup