Fraction Word Problems

Rudi makes an equivalent fraction. It is _________. See the picture above. Continue the first 2 equivalent fractions. What are there?

• one fourth, two eights, sixths twenty fourths

• one fourth, two fourths, six twelfths

• one fourth, two eights, three twelfths

• one fourth, two fourths, six eights

Two halves becomes ________________

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

The colour picture is __________

• 2/4

• 1/6

• 2/6

• 3/8

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

Daniel's cat ate 1 5/6 pounds of cat food last week. This week, he ate 3/4 pounds less. How much cat food did he eat this week?

• 1  1/12 pounds

• 1  1/6 pounds

• 1  1/4 pounds

• 1  1/8 pounds

Julia scored 3  5/8 pounds of candy for Halloween. Roderick scored 2  3/4 pounds. How many total pounds of candy did Julia and Roderick score combined?

• 6  1/4 pounds 

• 6  3/8 pounds 

• 6  5/8 pounds 

• 6  1/8 pounds 

Daniella made 2 4/5 cups of lemonade on Wednesday and 1 1/2 cups of lemonade on Thursday. How much lemonade did she make on those two days combined?

• 4  2/5 cups

• 4  3/10 cups

• 4  1/10 cups

• 4  1/2 cups

Diana weighs 3 1/5 pounds less than Theresa. If Diana weighs 54 2/3 pounds, how much does Theresa weigh?

• 57  14/15 pounds

• 58  1/15 pounds

• 57  13/15 pounds

• 57  4/5 pounds

Billy the dog weighs 9 2/5 pounds more than Henry the dog. If Henry weights 22 1/4 pounds, how much does Billy weigh?

• 31 13/20 pounds

• 32 1/20 pounds

• 32 11/20 pounds

• 31 11/20 pounds

Thomas walked 1 1/4 miles from his home to his school. Jackson walks 1 2/3 miles from his home to work. How much farther does Jackson walk to school than Thomas?

• 5/12 of a mile

• 7/12 of a mile

• 1/5 of a mile

•  1/2 of a mile