Real-Life Fraction Problems: Whole Numbers & Simplifying

1. Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza. If she shares it equally with 2 friends, how much pizza does each person get?

• 1/2

• 1/8

• 1/4

• 1/3

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

• 1 and 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

• 4 cups

• 2 and 2/3 cups

3. Tom read 1/2 of a book. If the book has 120 pages, how many pages did he read?

• 45

• 90

• 30

• 60

4. A garden has 5 rows of flowers, and each row has 3/5 of a meter of space. What is the total space used for the flowers?

• 5 meters

• 2 meters

• 3 meters

• 4 meters

6. A cake recipe requires 1/4 cup of butter. If you want to make 3 cakes, how much butter do you need?

• 2/4 cup

• 3/4 cup

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

7. There are 2/3 of a gallon of paint left. If you use 1/2 of it for a project, how much paint will you have left?

• 1/2 gallon

• 2/3 gallon

• 1/4 gallon

• 1/3 gallon

8. A box contains 3/8 of a pound of nuts. If you buy 4 boxes, how many pounds of nuts do you have in total?

• 1.5 pounds

• 1 pound

• 2 pounds

• 3 pounds

9. A farmer has 1/2 of a field planted with corn. If he plants 3/4 of that area with beans, what fraction of the field is now planted with beans?

• 1/4

• 5/8

• 3/8

• 1/2

10. Emma has 5/6 of a chocolate bar. If she eats 1/3 of it, how much of the chocolate bar does she have left?

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 5/9