Multi-Step Fraction Problems

The total length of 3 boards is 7/8 of a yard. The lengths of two of the boards are 1/4 of a yard and 3/16 of a yard. What is the length of the third board?

• 9/16 of a yard

• 1/2 of a yard

• 7/16 of a yard

• 3/8 of a yard

What is the value of this expression?
6 7/8 + 4 3/4 + 8 1/2

• 20 1/8

• 19 3/8

• 18 11/14

• 18 1/2

Sheila had 1 gallon of milk. She used 1/4 gallon of milk to make ice cream. She used 1/6 of a gallon to bake cakes. How much milk is left?

• 5/12 of a gallon

• 7/12 of a gallon

• 8/12 of a gallon

• 8/10 of a gallon

Janie bought 3 1/2 pounds of apples at the store. She used 2 3/5 pounds of apples to make a pie. How many pounds of apples does she have left?

• 3 5/6 pounds

• 9/10 pound

• 1/6 pound

• 1/10 pound

Zoe had a board 5 1/4 feet long. She cut off a piece. Now the board is 3 5/6 feet long. How long was the piece she cut off?

A rectangle has a length of 10 3/16 inches and a width of 6 7/8 inches. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?

1 ¼ × 2 ¾ =

• 3 ⁷/₁₆

• 1 ¹/₂

• 2 ³/₁₆

• 4 ¹/₄

¾ × ⅝

• ¹⁵/₃₂

• 1 ¹/₁₀

• ⁵/₆

• ²/₃

Lori is baking cookies. Her recipe calls for ²/₃ of a cup of milk.  Lori decides she wants to triple the recipe.  How much milk is needed?

• ²/₉

• 4 ½

• 1

• 2

April surfed for 1/3 of the 6 hours she was at the beach. She spent the rest of the time sunbathing. How many hours did she spend sunbathing?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6