Multiplying and Dividing Fractions - Word Problems

Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day.  If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

• 3/12 bucket
• 12 and ⅓ buckets
• 36 buckets
• 4 buckets

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

16 friends share 4 Pop-Tarts equally.  what fraction of a Pop-Tart does each friend get? 

• 4
• 2/4
• 1/8
• 1/4

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Zavier, Adiel, Stacy and Russell share three bags of candy equally.  What fraction of a bag does each boy get?

• 3/4 bag
• 4/3 bags
• 3/7 bags
• 1 and ⅓ bags

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Which scenario can be represented by 10 ÷ ⅕ ?

• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into 5 pieces.
• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 10 inches long.  She cuts it into pieces that are 1/5 in long.
• Franny has a piece of ribbon that is 1/5 inch long.  She cuts it into 10 pieces.
• Franny has 10 pieces of ribbon.  Each piece is 1/5 inch long.  

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

True or false?
1/2 ÷ 7 = 14

• False
• True

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Twelve whole pizzas are eaten. Each person eats ¼ pizza. How many people eat pizza?

• 48 people 
• 16 people
• 8 people
• 3 people

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Natalie bought 10 pizzas for a party. When the party was over, she noticed 1/5 of the pizza was gone. How much pizza did everyone eat at the party?

• 1/2 of pizza

• 2 pizzas

• none

• 1/5 of pizza

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

We had 25 doughnuts and we ate 2/5 of them. How many doughnuts did we eat?

• 10 doughnuts

• 5 doughnuts

• 15 doughnuts

• 20 doughnuts

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

Hadley has a 1/2 kilogram of popcorn.  She divides the popcorn into 3 equal bags.  How many kilograms of popcorn are in each bag?

• 3
• 1/6
• 6
• 3/9

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C