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WorksheetsMultiplication and Division of Fractions Word Problems
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Carly made 3/4 of a pound of trail mix. If she puts 3/8 of a pound into each bag, how many bags can Carly fill?
1/2
9/32
12/24
2
According to a recipe 9/20 oz. of sugar is needed to make 6 cookies. Ashley decided to use only a third of the sugar to make it healthier. How much sugar did Ashley use?
Multiplication
Division
Pam baked some cupcakes for her friends. She baked 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake is 2/15 pound. What is the weight of all the cupckaes in total?
Multiplication
Division
Julie has 3⅓ yards of fabric to make doll outfits. Each outfit requires ⅚ yard of fabric. What is the maximum number of outfits Julie can make with her fabric?
3
4
5
6
Select the correct expression:
Katherine has 6 cups of sugar. Each batch of cookies needs 3/4 cups of sugar. How many batches of cookies can Katherine make?
6 x 3/4
6 ÷ 3/4
3/4 ÷ 6
3/4 x 6
(a)
If a puppet requires 3/4 yards of material, how many puppets can be made from 9 yards of material?
6 puppets
7 puppets
12 puppets
9 puppets
A larger piece of wood that measures 8½ feet long will be cut into smaller pieces that measure ¼ foot each. How many smaller pieces of wood can be cut from the larger piece of wood?
34
32
17
4
Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?
13
6
9
This is not possible.
Brenda has 5/6 of a pie to divide evenly amount 4 people. What fraction of a pie does each person get?
3/10
1/4
5/24
1/6
A pizza restaurant had 3/8 of a gallon of pizza sauce left at the end of the evening and divided it equally among 5 pizzas. How much sauce did they put on each pizza?
304
40/3
3/40
443
Students must take their tests home to be signed. Two-thirds of the class took home their tests. Only 81 of the students who took their tests home got them signed. What fraction of the entire class got their tests signed?
Add
Subtract
Division
Multiplication
A serving of peanuts is 2/3 cup. How many servings are there in 2 and 1/3 cups of peanuts?
Which operation should you use to solve this?
Addition
Multiplication
Division
Subtraction
A packaging store uses ⅛ of a bag of chocolate chips in each batch of cookie dough. On Monday, the packaging store used ¼ of a bag of chocolate chips. How many batches of granola bars did the factory make on Monday?
Choose the correct equation to solve the word problem.
⅛ ÷ ¼
¼ × ⅛
¼ ÷⅛
¼ −⅛
Which question could be represented by the expression ½ ÷ ⅗
How much is ½ times ⅗?
How many ⅗ fit into ½?
How many ½ fit into ⅗?
How much is ⅗ divided by ½?
Look at the expression.
⅙ ÷ ⅓
Which questions would students ask when simplifying this expression?
How many ⅓ make up ⅙?
How much is ⅙ added ⅓ time?
How many ⅙ make up ⅓?
How much is ⅓ added ⅙ time?
Multiplication or division word problem? Wayne has a hot dog stand open all summer. On Wednesday, he used 2/3 a bag of hot dog buns. On Thursday, he used 4/5 as many hot dog buns. How many bags of hot dog buns did Wayne use on Thursday?
Multiplication
Division
On Wednesday, a team of students cleaned 1/5 of a city block. On Thursday, the team cleaned 2 1/2 as many blocks as on Wednesday. How many city blocks did the students clean on Thursday?
Multiplication
Division
Multiplication or division word problem?
Jayson needs to read 1/4 of his book this week. He plans to read an equal amount each day for five days. What fraction of his book does he need to read daily?
Multiplication
Division
Rosemary ran 2/3 of mile.
Sophie ran 3 times as far. How far did Sophie run?
6/3 miles
2 miles
3 miles
4 miles
