Fraction Word Problem

Solve this problem:
There were 12 children at a party. Of those 12 children 3/4 of them had an apple. How many children had an apple?

• 16

• 11 and 1/4

• 12 and 3/4

• 9

Kennedy made 12 3/8 cups of tea. She and her friends drank 7 1/4 cups. How much was left?

•  5 1/4 cups 

• 4 1/8 cups 

• 5 1/8 cups 

• 5 3/8 cups

Clara grew 2 1/8 inches from her ninth birthday to her tenth birthday. If she was 53 2/3 inches when she turned nine. How tall was she when she turned ten?

•  55 19/24 inches

•  55 5/6 inches

• 56 5/6 inches

• 56 1/24 inches

The bakery makes 6 pies. Each slice is 1/8 of the whole pie. How many slices are there?

Mathematical Equivalence

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Jerry is organizing his book shelf. His book shelf is 8/9 of a foot. Each of his chapter books is 1/12 of a foot wide. How many books can he fit on the shelf?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A farmer was dividing up his 1/3 of an acre of land between his 5 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, how much land did each child get?

• 1/15 of an acre

• 15 acres

• 5/3 acres

• 3/5 of an acre

Joel made some muffins. He gave 1/4 of the muffins to a neighbor. He took 3/8 of the muffins to school. What fraction of the muffins did he have left? (2 step problem)

Which TWO operations are applied to solve?

• Addition and Division

• Multiplication and Subtraction

• Addition and Subtraction

• Division and Subtraction

Alisha kept track of the growth of a plant. At the beginning of one week, her plant was 1 5/8 inches tall. The next week, the plant was 2 3/4 inches tall. How many inches did Alisha’s plant grow over the week?

• 1 1/2

• 1 1/8

• 4 3/8

• 4 5/8

Solve this problem:
A farmer mows 1/5 of an acre each day.  If his property has 3 acres, how many days will it take to mow it all?

• 15

• 2 and 4/5

• 3 and 1/5

• 3/5

Joe has 6 gallons of paint. It takes 1/4 gallon to paint a chair. How many chairs can he paint?

• 24

• 12

• 6

• 4