Fraction Word Problems

The girl’s hockey team won 6 games, lost 3 games, and tied 2 games.

What fraction of games did they win?

• 3/6

• 6/10

• 6/11

• 2/3

Neptune completes 1 ½ turns about its axis each day.

How many turns does it complete in 1 week?

• 20/2

• 10 1/3

• 11 1/2

• 21/2

In the first two hockey games of the year, Rodayo played 1 ½ periods and 1 ¾ periods.

How many periods in all did he play?

• 3 1/4

• 3 1/2

• 2 4/6

• 2 2/3

Shane has a piece of rope that is 7 4/5 units long. If he cuts it into pieces that are each 3/5 of a unit long, how many pieces does end up with?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

• 14

About 3/4 of the students on the track team are girls. About 3/4 of these girls are in grade 8.

What fraction of the students on the track team are grade 8 girls?

• 6/8

• 3/4

• 9/4

• 9/16

Nick mowed about 3/5 of the school lawn yesterday. He mowed another 1/4 of the lawn this morning.

How much is left to mow?

• 3/9

• 4/9

• 17/20

• 3/20

Jackie used to be on the phone 3 1/2 times as much as her brother. Her parents threatened to take away the phone, so she cut down to 2/5 of the time she used to be on the phone.

How many times as much as her brother is Jackie now on the phone?

• 14/10

• 31/10

• 9/7

• 2/9

Mara spent 3/5 of her vacation in British Columbia. While in that province, she spent ½ of her time in Vancouver.

If her vacation lasted 20 days, how many days did she spend in Vancouver?

• 4

• 6

• 7

• 5

In a full set of permanent teeth, ¼ of the teeth are incisors, ¼ are premolars, and 3/8 are molars. What fraction of all the teeth are incisors, premolars and molars?

• 5/8

• 5/16

• 6/16

• 7/8

Chad made a snack by combining 1/3 of a bowl of granola with ¼ of a bowl of chopped banana and ½ of a bowl of yogurt.

What is the total # of bowls of ingredients he has, and will it fit in one bowl?

• He has 3/9 of a bowl of ingredients. It will fit.

• He has 13/12 of a bowl. It will fit.

• He has 1 and 1/12 of a bowl of ingredients. It won't fit.

• He should have chose Lucky Charms.