Fractions by Whole Number Word Problems

Maggie is having a dinner party with her friends. Each friend will eat 3/7 of a pound of steak. She is having 3 friends over. How many pounds of steak will be eaten in all?

• 1 and 4/8 pounds

• 2/7 of a pound

• 3 and 3/8 pound

• 1 and 2/7 pounds

One lap around the track at Martha's school equals 1/6 of a mile. If Martha ran 8 laps, how many miles did she run?

• 1/6 mile

• 1/3 mile

• 1 mile

• 1 and 1/3 miles

Jenny spent 12 days at Grandma's house last summer. Her sister spent ¹/₄ of that time at Grandma's. How many days did Jenny's sister spend at Grandma's house last summer? 

• 4

• 3

• 14

• 48

Mrs. Moscarello is having a taco party. She used ¹/₅ pound of beef for each taco. If she plans on making 24 tacos, how much beef will she need? (Simplify your answer if possible)

• 2 ⁴/₅ pound of beef

• 4  ⁴/₅ pound of beef

• 5  ⁴/₅ pound of beef

• ⁵/₂₄ pound of beef

A fabric store had 1/8 yard pieces of fabric for sale. Mary bought 7 pieces. How many yards of fabric did Mary buy?

• 5/8 yard

• 7/8 yard

• 6/8 yard

• 8/8 yard

Isaac ate 3/4 of a sub. Noah ate 5 times as much. How much sub did Noah eat?

• 9 subs

• 3 and 3/4 subs

• 15 subs

• 5 and 3/4 sub

The Sea Life Aquarium has 15 tide pool tanks. Each of the tanks is filled with 6/9 gallons of water. How many total gallons are in all of the tanks?

• 10 gal

• 9 and 2/9 gal

• 10 and 1/9 gal

• 2 and 1/3 gal

Tyler ran 2/3 of mile.  Maliik ran 3 times as far.  How far did Maliik run?

• 6/3 miles

• 2 miles

• 3 miles

• 4 miles

A notepad is 3/4 of an inch thick. If 8 notepads are stacked on top of each other, how tall will the pile of notepads be?

• 6 inches

• 8 and 3/4 inches

• 10 and 2/3 inches

• 24 inches

A recipe calls for  ¹/₅ of a pound of chicken for each person. If there are 8 people to be fed, how many pounds of chicken are required?

• ¹⁰/₅

•  1 ³/₅

• 2  ³/₅

• None