Fraction Word Problems Identify Multiply or Divide

Emily is a baker. She bakes 24 loaves of bread, and places them into 4 bags. How many loaves are in each bag?

• Multiply

• Divide

Sarah is making 1/2 of a cookie recipe. If the recipe calls for 2 1/3 cups of flour, how much will she use?

• 2 1/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

• 1 1/5 cups

• 1/6 cups

A box of cereal contains 10 1/2 cups. If each serving is 1 1/4 cups, how many servings are in the box?

• 5 5/8 servings

• 10 1/8 servings

• 8 2/5 servings

• 6 servings

Gerald is making 2 1/3 batches of chicken soup. If one recipe needs 1/2 cup of carrots. How much carrots will be needed for all the soup?

• 2 cups

• 1/2 cups

• 5/6 cups

• 1 1/6 cups

There are 27 students in Ms. Grow's class. If 2/3 of them ride the bus, how many students do NOT ride the bus?

• 9

• 18

• 36

• 7

Mrs. Sheffield has 1/3 of a cake left. If she eats 2/5 of that cake, how much is still left?

• 11/15

• 1 1/5

• 3/15

• 2/15

Carrie has 1/3 of a bag of candy left. If she shared 4/5 of that bag with her friends, how much does she have left for herself?

• 1/5

• 4/15

• 1/15

• 2/8

Seámus took a quiz with 45 questions on it. He got 7/9 of the questions correct. How many questions did he get correct?

• 42

• 18

• 27

• 35

Ms. Gentsch is having a birthday party. Every guest will need 1/5 of a cup of juice. If there are 18 guests, how much juice will she need?

• 3 3/5 cups

• 18 cups

• 5/18 cups

• 5 1/3 cups

Mrs. Sheffield loves chocolate. She ate 1/2 the bag of chocolate on Monday and 1/3 of the remaining bag on Tuesday. How much of the whole bag did she eat on Tuesday?

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 1/12