Fun with Multiplying & Dividing Fractions for 6th Graders

A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 2 batches of the recipe, how much sugar do you need in total?

• 1 1/2 cups of sugar

• 3/4 cup of sugar

• 1 cup of sugar

• 2 cups of sugar

Sarah has 1/2 of a pizza left. She wants to share it equally with 3 friends. How much pizza will each person get?

• 1/4

• 1/8

• 1/2

• 3/8

A garden is 2/3 of a square meter. If you want to plant flowers in 1/4 of the garden, how much area will be used for flowers?

• 1/6 square meter

• 1/8 square meter

• 1/3 square meter

• 1/2 square meter

Tom has 5/6 of a yard of fabric. He uses 1/3 of it to make a pillow. How much fabric does he have left?

• 5/9

• 3/4

• 2/3

• 1/2

A car travels 3/5 of a mile every minute. How far will it travel in 4 minutes?

• 0.6 miles

• 1.5 miles

• 3 miles

• 2.4 miles

Emily drank 2/3 of a liter of juice. If she wants to divide the remaining juice equally into 3 cups, how much juice will each cup contain?

• 1/2 of a liter

• 1/9 of a liter

• 1/4 of a liter

• 2/3 of a liter

A chocolate bar is divided into 8 equal pieces. If you eat 3/8 of the bar, how much of the bar is left?

• 5/8 of the bar is left

• 2/8 of the bar is left

• 4/8 of the bar is left

• 1/8 of the bar is left

A recipe requires 1/2 cup of flour. If you want to make 3/4 of the recipe, how much flour do you need?

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 3/8 cup

• 1/4 cup

A baker made 2/5 of a cake and sold 1/2 of that portion. How much of the whole cake did he sell?

• 2/5 of the whole cake

• 1/5 of the whole cake

• 1/3 of the whole cake

• 1/4 of the whole cake

If a bottle holds 1/4 gallon of water and you fill it with 3 bottles, how many gallons of water do you have in total?

• 1 gallon

• 3/4 gallons

• 1/2 gallon

• 2 gallons