Real-Life Fractions: Subtracting & Multiplying with Ease

Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza. She eats 1/4 of it. How much pizza does she have left?

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 1/4

• 1/2

A recipe calls for 2/3 of a cup of sugar. If Maria wants to make half of the recipe, how much sugar does she need?

• 2/3 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1/3 cup

• 1/4 cup

Tom has 5/6 of a yard of ribbon. He uses 2/6 of it for a project. How much ribbon does he have remaining?

• 1/3

• 2/3

• 3/6

• 1/2

Lily bought 4 apples. She gave away 1/2 of them to her friend. How many apples does she have left?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 3

A gardener planted 3/5 of a garden with flowers. If he plants 1/5 more, what fraction of the garden will be planted with flowers?

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 5/5

• 4/5

In a class, 2/3 of the students are girls. If there are 24 students in total, how many girls are there?

• 16

• 12

• 20

• 18

A baker made 3/4 of a cake. He sold 1/2 of that cake. How much cake does he have left?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/8

• 5/8

Jason has 2/5 of a gallon of paint. He uses 1/5 of it to paint a fence. How much paint does he have now?

• 1/2 gallon

• 3/5 gallon

• 8/25 gallons

• 2/5 gallon

Emma read 3/4 of a book. If the book has 200 pages, how many pages has she read?

• 200 pages

• 150 pages

• 100 pages

• 75 pages

A box contains 12 chocolates. If 1/3 of them are dark chocolates, how many dark chocolates are in the box?

• 8

• 6

• 2

• 4