Single Step Word Problems with Fractions or Decimals

Chloe had 3/4 of a pizza left. Addie ate 1/6 of Chloe's pizza. How much pizza did Addie eat?

• 3/24 or 1/8 of the pizza

• 4/10 of the pizza

• 18/4 of the pizza

• 4/18 of the pizza

We had 25 doughnuts and we ate 2/5 of them. How many doughnuts did we eat?

• 10 doughnuts

• 5 doughnuts

• 15 doughnuts

• 20 doughnuts

Which of the following questions could be answered using the expression 3 divided by 1/3?

• How many miles will Kniah walk is she walks 1/3 mile each day for 9 days?

• How many 1/3 cup serving can be made from a 3 cup bag of granola?

• How much of a pie will each person get if 3 people share 1/3 of a pie?

• How much granola is left if 1/3 cup is taken from a 3 cup bag?

Kamari completed his math homework in 1/3 of an hour.

He had to complete 4 math problems.

He spent an equal amount of time on each problem.

How much of an hour did Kamari spend on each problem?

• 1/12

• 1/7

• 3/4

• 12

Diane has 21 brownies. She wants to share them equally between himself and 5 friends. How many brownies did each person eat?

• 3/6

• 3

• 3 1/2

• 4

Mailina is making cupcakes for her classmates. She has 14 ounces of sprinkles. If she puts 1/4 ounce of sprinkles on each cupcake, how many cupcakes can she make using the sprinkles she has?

• 3 1/2

• 5

• 46

• 56

The Brown family had cereal for breakfast.

*Before breakfast there was 3/4 gallon of milk.

*The Brown's drank 1/2 of their milk at breakfast.

How many gallons of milk did the Brown family use for breakfast?

• 3/8

• 4/6

• 2/2

• 6/8

Aidan had 5 feet of ribbon. He needs 1/2 foot of ribbon to make an ornament. How many ornaments can he make with the amount of ribbon he has?

• 9

• 10

• 6

• 4

Francois, Ruben, Eric and Quvaon want to share 1/2 of a large pizza equally. How much of a whole pizza will each boy eat?

• 4

• 1/8

• 1/2

• 4 1/2

Bradley had 1/2 of a pizza pie left over from a party. The next day he ate 3/5 of his leftovers. How much pizza did he eat the next day?

• 4/7
• 3/10
• 4/5
• 3/7