Word Problems Multiplying Fractions

Kathy likes blue marbles. She notices that 2/5 of each bag of marbles she buys are blue. She has 10 bags of marbles at home. How many separate bags of only blue marbles can she make?

• 2 bags
• 3 bags
• 4 bags
• 5 bags

Caroline collected 3 1/4 bags of bottles to take to the recycling center. 
1/3 of the bags are glass bottles 
2/3 of the bags are plastic bottles

The recycling center only accepts plastic bottles. How many bags will the recycling center accept?

• 1 1/12
• 1 1/6
• 2 1/6
• 3 1/12

A carpenter needs 4 1/3  strips of lumber for a project. Each strip is to measure 1/3  meter. How many meters of lumber does the carpenter need in all?

• 4 5/6 meters
• 1 1/2 meters
• 1 1/3 meters
• 5/6 meters

Mina has 1/2 of a bag of popcorn. She eats half of her popcorn. How much popcorn does Mina have left? 

• 1/8 of a bag
• 1/4 of a bag
• 1/2 of a bag
• 1 bag

Each person at a party ate 4/6 of a pizza. There were a total of 7 people at the party. What is the total amount of pizza these people ate?

• 7 2/3 pizzas
• 4 2/3 pizzas
• 1 5/6 pizzas
• 2/3 pizzas

Samantha used 1 1/8  teaspoon of sprinkles on each cupcake. If she made 5 cupcakes, how many teaspoons of sprinkles did she use?

• 5 1/8 teaspoons
• 5 1/2 teaspoons
• 5 5/8 teaspoons

The soccer team served  sports drinks after the game.  5/8 of the bottles had orange drink.2/3  as many had grape drink. What fraction of the bottles had grape drink?

• 7/12
• 5/16
• 15/16
• 5/12

Two-thirds of the students in Carl’s class are boys. Three-eighths of the boys are 10 years old. What fraction of the students in Carl’s class are 10 year-old boys?

• 3/14
• 1/4
• 1/3
• 3/8

George jogged 1 1/3 miles. Tim jogged 1/4 of the distance that George jogged. How far, in miles, did Tim jog? 

• 1/6
• 1/3
• 1 1/12
• 1 7/12