Complex Fraction Word Problems

A water hose had filled up 1/7 of a pool after 1/10 of an hour. At this rate, how many hours would it take to fill the pool?

• 7/10 of an hour

• 1/8 of an hour

• 1/10 of an hour

• 7/8 of an hour

A dejuicer was able to squeeze a pint of juice from 1/10 bag of oranges. This amount of juice filled up 1/3 of a jug. At this rate, how many bags will it take

to fill the entire (1) jug?

• 3/10 of a bag

• 1/10 of a bag

• 1/5 of a bag

• 2/5 of a bag

Haley spent 1/2 of an hour playing on her phone. That used up 1/9 of her battery. How long would she have to play on her phone to use the entire (1) battery?

• 4.5 hours

• 1.5 hours

• 2.5 hours

• 3.5 hours

While exercising Ned walked 1 ⁄8 of a mile in 1 ⁄2 of an hour. At this rate, how far will he have traveled after 2 hours?

• 0.5 of a mile

• 0.75 of a mile

• 0.25 of a mile

• 1 mile

You can paint a chair with 2/3 can of paint. How many chairs can you paint with 6 cans?

• 6

• 3

• 9

• 12

Ricky needed to buy the ice cream for his family dinner. He wants to buy enough ice cream so each of the 18 guests can have 3/4 of a pint of ice cream. How many pints should he buy?

• 14

• 24

Yesterday, Megan's Snack Shack went through 2/5 of a bottle of ketchup. If they used 3 times as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

A carpenter used 1 ⁄2 of a box of nails while working on a birdhouse and was able to finish 1 ⁄4 of it. At this rate, how many boxes will he need to finish 1 birdhouse?

• 2 boxes

• 3 boxes

• 4 boxes

• 5 boxes

A chef used 1 ⁄4 of a bag of potatoes to make 1 gallon of stew. If he wanted to make 6 gallons of stew, how many bags of potatoes would he need?

• bags of potatoes

• 0.25 bags of potatoes

• 2 bags of potatoes

• 3.5 bags of potaotes

A restaurant took 1 ⁄10 of an hour to use 1 ⁄2 of a package of napkins. At this rate, how many hours would it take to use 2 packages?

• 0.40 of an hour

• 0.25 of an hour

• 0.35 of an hour

• 0.50 of an hour