Real-Life Fraction Fun: Converting and Applying Fractions

1. Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza. If she wants to share it equally with 2 friends, how much pizza will each person get? Convert your answer to a decimal.

• 0.25

• 1.0

• 0.75

• 0.5

2. A recipe calls for 1/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 4 batches of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in total? Express your answer as a fraction and a decimal.

• 2 cups

• 4/3 cups, 1.33

• 1/2 cups

• 3/4 cups

3. A garden has 2/5 of its area planted with tomatoes. If the total area of the garden is 20 square meters, how many square meters are planted with tomatoes?

• 8 square meters

• 12 square meters

• 10 square meters

• 4 square meters

4. A bottle can hold 1/2 liter of juice. If you fill 5 bottles, how much juice do you have in total? Convert your answer to a decimal.

• 1.0

• 3.0

• 2.5

• 4.5

5. Emma read 3/8 of a book in one day. If she continues to read at the same rate for 4 days, how much of the book will she have read?

• 1/2

• 1

• 3/4

• 2/3

6. A car travels 3/10 of a mile every minute. How far will it travel in 6 minutes? Provide your answer as a fraction and a decimal.

• 4/5, 0.8

• 1/2, 0.5

• 9/5, 1.8

• 2/3, 0.67

7. A baker uses 2/3 of a bag of flour to make cookies. If he has 5 bags of flour, how much flour will he use in total?

• 4 bags of flour

• 10/3 bags of flour

• 1 bag of flour

• 3 bags of flour

8. A painter uses 1/4 of a gallon of paint for one wall. How much paint will he need for 6 walls? Convert your answer to a decimal.

• 0.75

• 2.0

• 3.0

• 1.5

9. A farmer harvested 3/5 of his cornfield. If the total area of the cornfield is 50 acres, how many acres did he harvest?

• 30 acres

• 25 acres

• 20 acres

• 40 acres

10. A recipe requires 2/3 cup of milk. If you want to make 3 times the recipe, how much milk do you need? Express your answer as a fraction and a decimal.

• 3 cups (3.0)

• 2 cups (2.0)

• 1 cup (1.0)

• 1.5 cups (1.5)