Fraction Word Problems

Amy baked a cake and cut it into 6 equal slices. Her brother ate 1/6 of the cake. How much cake is left?

• 5/6
• 6/6

• 2/6

• 3/6

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2A

Emily is baking chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for 5/8 cup of chocolate chips. She has already added 2/8 cup of chocolate chips. How many more cups of chocolate chips does Emily need to add?

• 3/8
• 7/8

• 7/16

• 3/4

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Tom is throwing a pizza party for his friends. His friends have eaten 7/12 of the pizza. Tom has eaten 2/12 of the pizza. How much of the pizza has already been eaten?

• 9/12
• 5/12

• 12/12

• 4/12

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Lucy is making muffins for the school bake sale. She needs a total of 6/10 cup of flour. If she already has 2/10 cup of flour, how much more flour does Lucy need to use for the next batch?

• 4/10

• 8/10

• 3/10

• 4/8

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

• 84/100

• 21/100

• 74/100

• 21/110

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.C.5

• 0.84

• .21

• 8.4

• 2.1

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.B.3

Grace is baking a pie for her family dinner. The recipe calls for 6/8 cup of sugar for the pie filling and 1/8 cup of sugar for the crust. of sugar. How much sugar does she need in total?

• 7/8
• 5/8

• 7/16

• 5/16

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Lila drinks 1/3 of a quart of apple juice each day. How many quarts of apple juice does she drink in 9 days?

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4A

Ethan is baking bread and added 3/8 tablespoon of yeast to the dough. If he adds another 3/8 tablespoon of yeast, how much total yeast will he use?

• 6/8
• 6/12

• 6/18

• 6/10

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D

Jacob made a stack of pancakes using 9/10 cups of batter. After using up 3/10 cups, how many cups of batter does he have left?

• 6/10
• 12/10

• 6/0

• 12/20

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.3C

CCSS.4.NF.B.3D