Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Word Problems

When Alex had one cat, he needed to serve 1/2 of a can of cat food each day. Now that Alex has adopted a second cat, he needs to serve a total of 2/3 of a can each day. How much extra food is needed to feed the second cat?

• 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/2

• 2/3

Tammy made a fruit salad with 1/2 of a pound of melon and 2/3 of a pound of berries. How many pounds of fruit did Tammy use in all?

• 1/2

• 1 2/3

• 1 1/6

• 1 2/6

Westford's zoo has two elephants. The male elephant weighs 6 3/5 tons and the female elephant weighs 2 4/5 tons. How much more does the male weigh than the female?

• 4 4/5

• 3 4/5

• 8 7/5

• 2 4/5

Carmen cut a rope into two pieces. The first piece was 2 1/5 inches long. The second piece was 9 3/5 inches long. How long was the rope that Carmen started with?

• 11 4/5

• 6 3/5

• 10 4/5

• 9 3/5

At a pizza party, Shawn and his friends drank 2 1/3 bottles of lemon-lime soda and 2 1/3 bottles of cola. How much soda did they drink in all?

• 2 1/3

• 4 2/3

• 0

• 2

Tommy owns 3 acres of farmland. He grows beets on 2/5 of the land. On how many acres of land does Tommy grow beets?

• 2 2/5

• 1 1/5

• 3 2/5

• Please reteach

After a pizza party there are 4 2/3 pizzas left over. If the pizzas are divided so that party goers can take home 1/6 of a pizza, how many guests can take home pizza?

• 26 guests

• 28 guests

• 8 guests

• 33 guests

Bob has a piece of wood that is 3/4 inches long. He decides to cut pieces that are 1/8 inches long. How many pieces can Bob cut?

• 6

• 9

• 3

• 12

Sarah needs to cut 7 and a half feet of ribbon into 2 and 2/3 feet pieces. How many pieces will she be able to make?

• 4 and 5/6

• 2 and 13/16

• 3

• 20

Sandy uses ⅛ of a pound of chocolate chips in each batch of cookies she makes. Yesterday Sandy used ⅘ of a pound to make all her batches. How many batches of cookies did Sandy make?

• 4/40

• 1/10

• 6⅖

• 5⅓