Mastering Fractions and Ratios: Proportional Word Problems

If 3/4 of a pizza is left and you eat 1/2 of that, how much pizza do you have left?

• 1/2

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 5/8

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar for every 1/2 cup of flour. How much sugar is needed for 1 cup of flour?

• 3/4 cup of sugar

• 1 1/3 cups of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

• 1 cup of sugar

If a car travels 3/5 of a mile in 1/4 of an hour, how far will it travel in 1 hour?

• 0.6 miles

• 2.4 miles

• 1.5 miles

• 3 miles

A gardener uses 1/2 of a bag of soil to fill 3/4 of a pot. How much soil is needed to fill the entire pot?

• 2/3 of a bag of soil

• 1/4 of a bag of soil

• 3/4 of a bag of soil

• 1/2 of a bag of soil

If 2/5 of a class are girls and there are 20 students in total, how many girls are in the class?

• 10

• 6

• 4

• 8

A bottle can hold 3/4 of a gallon of water. How much water can 5 bottles hold?

• 3.75 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 1.5 gallons

• 4.5 gallons

If a recipe requires 1/3 cup of oil for every 2/3 cup of vinegar, how much oil is needed for 1 cup of vinegar?

• 2/3 cup of oil

• 1/3 cup of oil

• 1 cup of oil

• 1/2 cup of oil

A map shows that 1/2 inch represents 5 miles. How many miles does 3 inches represent?

• 15 miles

• 25 miles

• 40 miles

• 30 miles

If 4/5 of a cake is left and you want to share it equally among 4 friends, how much cake will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/5

• 1/5

A school has 3/8 of its students in the band. If there are 240 students, how many are in the band?

• 60

• 120

• 180

• 90