Fraction Multiply and Divide Word Problems

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

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

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

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.7

Aunt Lisa made strawberry and grape jelly.  She made 1  1/2 cups of strawberry.  She made 4  1/2 times as much grape jelly as she did strawberry jelly.  How many cups of grape jelly did she make?

• 4  1/4 cups

• 2 cups

• 3  1/2 cups

• 6  3/4 cups

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A scientist has a bottle that is 5/6 full of solution.  He uses 2/5 of the solution in the bottle for an experiment.  How much of a full bottle of solution does he use?

• 1/3 of a bottle

• 1/2 of a bottle

• 14/30 of a bottle

• 1/5 of a bottle

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

Logan collected 18 ten-dollar bills while selling tickets for a show. He gave 1/6 of the bills to the theater and kept the rest. How much money did he keep?

• $150

• $165

• $132

• $155

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6