Fractions Word Problems

1/4 of a tank is filled with water. If water is added to fill an additional 2/4 of the tank, what fraction of the tank is filled with water now?

• 1/2
• 3/4
• 2/4
• 1/4

Somsee read 2/5 of a book yesterday and 1/8 of the book today. How much of the book did she read altogether?

• 3/8
• 5/16
• 1/2
• 21/40

Somchai purchases 8/10 kilogram of chicken meat and 2/10 kilogram less fish than the chicken meat. What is the mass of the fish purchased by Somchai?

• 4/10 kilogram
• 6/10 kilogram
• 3/5 kilogram

• 8/10 kilogram

Sannie ate 5 1/5 of the biscuits on Monday. She ate 4 2/5 of the biscuits on the next day. How many biscuits did she eat for both days?

• 7 4/5
• 10 2/5
• 8 1/5
• 9 3/5

Mary has 6 1/6 cups of chocolate chips. She uses 2 5/8 cups of chocolate chips to make a cake. How many cups of chocolate chips are left?

• 2 1/2
• 3 13/24
• 4 3/8
• 5 1/6

There are 10 2/7 kg of rice. Jen uses 4 kg of the rice. What is the mass of rice left now?

• 6 2/7 kg
• 5 kg
• 7 kg
• 8 1/7 kg

Ravi bought 5/6 kilogram of apples and 1/3 kilogram less oranges than the apples. What is the mass of the oranges purchased by Ravi?

• 1/2 kilogram

• 1/4 kilogram

• 1/6 kilogram

• 2/3 kilogram

There are 15 1/2 kg of flour. Alex uses 6 3/4 kg of the flour. What is the mass of flour left now?

• 9 1/4 kg

• 7 1/2 kg

• 6 1/2 kg

• 8 3/4 kg

2/3 of a tank is filled with oil. If oil is added to fill an additional 1/6 of the tank, what fraction of the tank is filled with oil now?

• 4/6

• 3/4

• 5/6

• 1/2

There are 12 3/8 kg of potatoes. If Sam uses 5 1/2 kg of potatoes, how many kg of potatoes are left?

• 6 7/8 kg

• 4 1/2 kg

• 7 1/4 kg

• 5 3/8 kg