Fraction Tour of Knowledge Questions

Brandon and Allison’s mom made them a cake for their birthday. The models are shaded to show the fraction of the cake each of them ate. What fraction of the cake did Brandon and Allison eat altogether?

• 4/5

• 3/10

• 1 1/5

• 7/10

Mrs. Pace has 4 acres of land that she is selling in 1/3 acre plots. How many 1/3 acre plots does she have to sell?

• 1/12 plots

• 12 plots

• 2 1/2 plots

• 1/20 plots

Mr. LoBasso wants to bake cupcakes for Mrs. Cuevas's birthday. He used 1/3 cup of sugar to make frosting for each of the dozen cupcakes he baked. He used 3 cups of sugar for the entire batch of cupcake mix. The total number of cups of sugar Mr. LoBasso used can be found by using this expression.

3 + (12 x 1/3)

How many cups of sugar did Mr. LoBasso use?

• 39 cups

• 7 cups

• 3 1/36 cups

• 15 1/3 cups

The Roosevelt High School cheerleaders are making new bows for their uniforms. They need 2 1/4 yards of red ribbon, 3 3/4 yards of blue ribbon and 4 1/2 yards of white ribbon. Which is the best estimation of how many yards of ribbon the cheerleaders will need for bows?

• 9 yards

• 11 yards

• 12 yards

• 13 yards

Which model represents 5/6 of 12?

• First model

• Second model

• Third model

• Fourth model

James has 1/4 pound of fudge. He and 2 friends are going to share it for dessert. If shared equally, how much fudge will each boy get?

• 12 lb.

• 1/8 lb.

• 8 lb.

• 1/12 lb.

Mallory jogged around the track 5 1/3 times. Paul jogged around the track 7 5/12 times. How many more times did Paul jog around the track than Mallory?

• 12 9/12

• 2 1/12

• 2 4/9

• 2 9/12

Ann is 10 5/6 years old. Marco is 11 7/12 years old. How many years older is Marco than Ann?

• 1 3/12

• 3/4

• 1 3/4

• 1/3

The part of the model represents a fraction. The X in the model represents another fraction that was subtracted from the first fraction. What subtraction expression does this model represent?

• 1/3 - 2/3

• 6/6 - 2/6

• 2/3 - 1/3

• 1 - 1/3

Samuel had a football party. At the end of the party there was 1/2 of a pepperoni pizza left. He split the 1/2 pizza equally among 3 friends. How much of the whole pizza did each friend get?

• 6

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 1/3