Multi Step Fraction Problems

Jeffery needs 3 and 1⁄2 cups of heavy cream for a recipe. He has two containers that each have 1 and 1⁄2 cups of heavy cream in them. How much more heavy cream dow Jeffery need?

• 1/2 cup

• 1 cup

• 1 and 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

A bakery makes three batches of fudge. Each batch of fudge contains 3/4 of a pound. They sell 1 and 1/4 pounds of fudge. How much fudge do they have left?

• 1/2 pound

• 1 pound

• 2 pounds

• 2 and 1/2 pounds

On Monday, Lilian ran 3/4 of a mile. On Tuesday, she ran 1/4 of a mile farther than she ran on Monday. How many miles did she run both days combined?

• 1/2 mile

• 1 mile

• 1 and 3/4 miles

• 2 miles

Naroji buys 2/3 of a pound of purple grapes and 1/3 of a pound of green grapes. He pays $2 per pound. How much does Naroji spend on both types of grapes?

• $1.00

• $1.50

• $2.00

• $3.00

The Tamochi family is going on vacation and needs to leave food for their dog sitter. The dog eats 1/4 of a pound of food in the morning and 2/4 of a pound at night. How many pounds of food does the family need to leave for 6 days?

• 3/4 pound

• 3 and 1/2 pounds

• 4 and 1/2 pounds

• 6 pounds

To make s'mores, Ashati uses 1/4 of a chocolate bar per s'more. She has 1 and 3/4 chocolate bars and plans to make two s'mores. How many chocolate bars will she have remaining?

• 1 chocolate bar

• 1 and 1/4 chocolate bars

• 1 and 1/2 chocolate bars

• 2 chocolate bars

Daniel had 1 bag of popcorn. He gave 1/4 of the popcorn to his friend. How much popcorn does Daniel have left?

• 3/4 bag

• 2/4 bag

• 1/4 bag

Gavin surveys his class. 3/5 is in shorts. 1/10 is in dresses. The rest is in long pants. What fraction is in long pants?

• 3/10

• 1/2

• 3/5

• 11/15

Tim spent 3/5 of his allowance on video games and 1/4 of his allowance on music. He saved the rest. How much of his allowance did he save?

• 17/20 of his allowance

• 4/9 of his allowance

• 3/20 of his allowance

Charlie drank 3/4 of his water bottle before lunch and 1/6 during lunch. How much water was left for the afternoon?

• 4/10

• 6/10

• 1/12

• 11/12