Fifth Grade Fraction Division & Word Problems Quest

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1/2 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in cups?

• 1/4 cup

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 3/8 cup

Sarah has 2/3 of a yard of ribbon. She wants to cut it into pieces that are each 1/4 yard long. How many pieces can she cut?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 3

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3/4 of the pizza, how many slices did you eat?

• 4 slices

• 5 slices

• 2 slices

• 6 slices

Tom has 5/6 of a gallon of paint. He uses 1/3 of it to paint a fence. How much paint does he have left in gallons?

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 5/9

• 3/4

A bag contains 1/2 pound of flour. If you use 1/4 pound for a cake, how much flour is left in the bag?

• 1 pound

• 1/4 pound

• 3/4 pound

• 1/2 pound

A car can travel 3/5 of a mile on 1/4 gallon of gas. How many miles can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 2.4 miles

• 0.8 miles

• 3 miles

• 1.5 miles

Lily has 1/2 of a chocolate bar. She shares it equally with 3 friends. How much of the chocolate bar does each person get?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 1/8

A garden has 3/4 of an acre of land. If 1/2 of it is used for vegetables, how much land is used for vegetables in acres?

• 5/8 acres

• 1/2 acres

• 3/8 acres

• 1/4 acres

A bottle holds 1/3 of a liter of juice. If you pour out 1/6 of a liter, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1/2 liter

• 1/4 liter

• 2/3 liter

• 1/6 liter

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

• 1/5 of the whole cake

• 1/3 of the whole cake

• 2/5 of the whole cake

• 1/4 of the whole cake