Multiplication and Division Fraction Word Problems

Valerie bought a 9 ft piece of ribbon from which she wants to cut into 2/3 ft pieces. How many 2/3 ft pieces can Valerie cut?

• 13

• 6

• 9

• This is not possible.

Sergio has 3/4 lb of peanuts. He divides them into 1/16-lb snack bags. How many bags does he fill?

• 4

• 12

• 13

• 20

What multiplication problem is being modeled in this picture?

• 3/8 x 1/4

• 1/8 x 3/4

• 3/7 x 1/4

• 1/7 x 3/4

What is the correct number sentence that represents the following problem? 
Mr. Andrews has 6 candy bars in his classroom.  He has 3 students that will share them equally.  How many will each get?

• ⅓ ÷ 6

• 6 ÷ 3

• 3 ÷ 6

• 6 ÷ ⅓

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

On Saturday, Mrs. YB baked a cobbler. After dinner, 3/4 of the cobbler remained. On Sunday, the family ate 1/3 of what was left. How much of the cobbler did the family eat on Sunday?

• Multiplication

• Division

Multiplication or division word problem? Wayne has a hot dog stand open all summer. On Wednesday, he used 2/3 a bag of hot dog buns. On Thursday, he used 4/5 as many hot dog buns. How many bags of hot dog buns did Wayne use on Thursday?

• Multiplication

• Division

Stewart bought 8 pounds of hamburger meat for a barbecue.  He split the meat into burgers that each weighed 2/3 pounds.  How many burgers was Stewart able to make?

• 1/12

• 8

• 5 1/3

• 12

Mrs. Diego has 3 cups of sugar. She needs to divide the sugar equally into containers of 1/3 of a cup of sugar. How many containers will Mrs. Diego be able to fill?

• 1 container

• 6 containers

• 1/9 container

• 9 containers