Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Word Problems

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.

Sergio has 3/4 lb of peanuts. He divides them into 1/16-lb snack bags. How many bags does he fill?

• 4
• 12
• 13
• 20

What is the correct number sentence that represents the following problem? 
Mr. Andrews has 6 candy bars in his classroom.  He has 3 students that will share them equally.  How many will each get?

• ⅓ ÷ 6
• 6 ÷ 3
• 3 ÷ 6
• 6 ÷ ⅓

Mrs. Silverstein bought 3 cakes for a birthday party.  She cuts each cake into quarters (1/4) and plans to serve each guest one quarter of a cake.  How many guests can she serve with all of her cakes?

• 1/12
• 12
• 20
• 36

A pitcher of water contains 1/4

liters of water. The water is poured equally into 5 glasses.

What expression would match the story problem?

• 5 ÷ 1/4

• 1/4 ÷ 5

One batch of fruit punch contains 1/3 quart of grape juice. Colby makes 11 batches of fruit punch. How many 1/3 quarts will Colby need to make 11 batches of fruit punch.

• 3/11

• 3 2/3

• 2 1/3

• 33

A large leather boot is 18 feet tall. A typical​ men's leather boot is 1/2 foot tall. How many times as tall as a typical leather boot is the large​ boot?

• 9

• 36

• 1/36

• 1/9

Sue has 1/3 gallon of milk to share evenly among 8 people. How much​ milk, in​ gallons, should she give each​ person?

• 24

• 3/8

• 1/24

• 1 3/8

Steven has 1/2 of a package of biscuit mix left. He will use equal parts of the leftover mix to make four batches of biscuits. What fraction of the original package will he use for each​ batch?

• 1/8

• 4

• 1/4

• 2

My dad was painting my bedroom. He started with 5/9 of a can of paint. He used 1/3 of the can. How much paint did he have left?

• 2/9 of a can of paint
• 1/2 of a can of paint
• 2/3 of a can of paint