Real-Life Fraction Fun: Mixing & Sharing with Improper Fractions

Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. If she wants to share it equally among 3 friends, how much pizza will each friend get?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 2/4

• 1/3

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make only half of the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 3 cups

• 1 cup

• 1 1/4 cups

• 2 cups

Tom has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. He uses 1/2 of it to make a scarf. How much fabric does he use for the scarf?

• 5/12 yards

• 1/3 yards

• 2/3 yards

• 3/4 yards

A garden is 1 1/3 meters long. If you plant flowers in 2/3 of the garden, how long is the section with flowers?

• 1/2 meter

• 1 meter

• 8/9 meters

• 2/3 meters

Emily drank 2/5 of a gallon of juice. If she drinks 3 times that amount, how much juice does she drink in total?

• 1 gallon

• 2 gallons

• 3/5 gallon

• 1 3/5 gallons

A chocolate bar is divided into 8 equal pieces. If you eat 3/4 of the bar, how many pieces did you eat?

• 7 pieces

• 4 pieces

• 5 pieces

• 6 pieces

A car can travel 1/2 of a mile on 1/4 of a gallon of gas. How far can it travel on 1 gallon of gas?

• 4 miles

• 3 miles

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

A recipe requires 1 1/2 cups of sugar. If you want to make 3 batches of cookies, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 2 cups of sugar

• 4 1/2 cups of sugar

• 6 cups of sugar

• 3 cups of sugar

A box contains 2 1/5 pounds of apples. If you use 3/5 of the apples for a pie, how many pounds of apples did you use?

• 1 8/25 pounds

• 1 pound

• 1 1/2 pounds

• 2 pounds

Liam has 4 1/2 liters of water. If he drinks 1/3 of it, how much water does he have left?

• 4 liters

• 3 liters

• 2 liters

• 1 liter