Finding a Fraction of a Number

Tim has 32 songs on his ipod. Three-eighths of those songs are by Bob Marley.  How many Bob Marley songs does Tim have on his ipod?

• 12 songs

• 15 songs

• 9 songs

• 18 songs

Q1. What is the value of the following expression: 3/8 + 3-1/8 + 1/24 + 4/8?

• 3/8

• 3-1/8

• 1/24

• 4/8

A total of 3/4 of a 5th grade class finished their work before recess. Exactly 3/4 of the students who finished before recess did so in fifteen minutes of less. What fraction of the entire class finished in fifteen minutes or less?

• 3/9

• 3/4

• 6/4

• 9/16

3/4 of a pan of brownies was sitting on the counter. You decided to eat 1/3 of the brownies in the pan. How much of the whole pan of brownies did you eat? 

• 3/12

• 1/6

• 12/24

• 3/14

What is 3/5 of 12/15

• 36/15

• 12/20

• 12/25

• 36/25

Ethan had 7/8 of a pie. He gave 1/2 of the pie that remained to his friend. How much of a pie did his friend get?

• 1/2

• 7/16

• 8/10

• 7/8

⅖ of the students in math class are boys. ⅓ of the boys have brown hair. What fraction of all students are boys with brown hair?

• ²⁄₁₅ of all students

• ⅔ of all students

• ³⁄₈ of all students

• ³⁄₁₅ of all students

Two-thirds of the students in your class are boys. One-eighth of the boys play soccer. What fraction of the kids in your class are boys who play soccer? 

• 3/11

• 1/4

• 1/12

• 1/5