Fractions by Whole Number Word Problems

Carlos went to Kroger and spent $9.00. He spent 1/4 of his money on games. How much money was spent on games?

• 9/4 or 2 1/4

• 4/9

• $4.00

• $36/9 or $4.00

Natalie bought 10 pizzas for a party. When the party was over, she noticed 1/5 of the pizza was gone. How much pizza did everyone eat at the party?

• 1/2 of pizza

• 2 pizzas

• none

• 1/5 of pizza

Xander had 9 Legos and Valt played with 3/4 of Xander's Legos. How many of Xander's Legos did Valt play with?

• 6 3/4 of Xander's Legos

• 27 of Xander's Legos

• 1/2 of Xander's Legos

• 1/4 of Xander's Legos

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

I have 7 cookies. If I eat 1/4 of them of the cookies. How many cookies do I have left?

• 1 3/4 cookies

• 2 cookies

• 1/2 of the cookies

• 1 1/4 of the cookies

I have 8 macaroons. I'm giving 3/4 of them to my parents and sister. How many macaroons do they get?

• 6 macaroons

• 4 macaroons

• 1/3 of the macaroons

• 8/4 of the macaroons

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

Camden has 12 pets. 1/6 of them are dogs. How many of Camden pets are dogs?

• 2 pets

• 6 pets

• 4 pets

• 3 pets

Lilly made 12 cookies. The next day she made 2/3 as many as before. How many cookies did she make the next day?

• 8 cookies

• 6 cookies

• 9 cookies

• 2 cookies

I went to the store with $30. I spent 1/10 of it. How much money did I spend?

• $3.00

• $2.00

• $10.00

• $3.50