Fraction Word Problems Addition Subtraction Multiplication

After basketball practice, 9 players equally shared 2 large bottles of water. What fraction of a bottle did each player get?

• 1 /2

• 9/2

• 2/5

• 2/9

Macy washed her dirty clothes over the weekend. She used 1 1/3 scoops of detergent for her white load and 9/12 of a scoop of detergent for her color load. How much more laundry detergent did she use in the white load?

A of a scoop B of a scoop

C of a scoop D of a scoop

• 1/12

• 2/12

• 5/12

• 7/12

Maggie carried 3 bags of groceries in from the grocery store.

● The first bag weighed 4 2/12 pounds.

● The second bag weighed 2 2/6 pounds

● The third bag weighed 1 1/3 pounds.

She carried the first bag in her left hand. She carried the second and third bag in her right hand. How much more weight did she carry with her left hand than her right hand?

• 8 pounds

• 1/3 pounds

• 1/2 pounds

• 1 pound

Joan went to the bookstore.

• At this bookstore, 1/2 of the books are Non-fiction

• Of the non-fiction books, 1/6 are books about animals

What fraction of the books at the bookstore are about Animals books?

• 1/4

• 12/1

• 4/7

• 1/12

Larry and Harry bought eleven pepperoni pizzas. They invited seven friends over for dinner. The pizzas were split equally among them and their friends. How much pizza did each person get?

• 9/11

• 1 2/9

• 9 1/11

• 1

Hugo bought 2 ½ dozen cupcakes for the party. Marty bought ⅙ of a dozen less cupcakes than Hugo. How many cupcakes are they bringing to the party?

• 4

• 1 1/2

• 2 1/2

• 5

Suzy ate 1 ⅝ boxes of Girl Scout cookies. Amy ate ⅔ more than Suzy. How many boxes of Girl Scout cookies did the girls eat altogether?

• 1 23/24

• 3 11/12

• 4

• 23/24

Busola had 6 cups of flour. She used 4 2/3 cups of flour to make cookies. How many cups of flour does Busola have left?

• 1 1/3 cup

• 2 1/3 cups

• 2 2/3 cups

• 10 2/3 cups

Nancy bought a pack of 10 cookies for her 3 children to share equally. How many cookies should each child get if the cookies are shared equally between the 3 children?

• 3 1/3 cookies

• 3 cookies

• 4 cookies

• 1 cookies

Each can on a shelf has a mass of 3/5 kilogram. What is the total mass of 9 of these cans?

• 12/45

• 27/45

• 12/5

• 27/5