Fraction Adventures: Mixed Numbers & Word Problems

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 10 cups

• 7 1/2 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

Sarah has 3/4 of a yard of ribbon. She uses 1/2 of it to wrap a gift. How much ribbon does she have left?

• 1/2 of a yard

• 1/4 of a yard

• 3/8 of a yard

• 5/8 of a yard

A garden is 1 1/3 meters long and 2/3 meters wide. What is the area of the garden in square meters?

• 1.5

• 1.0

• 0.5

• 0.8888888888888888

Tom has 5 1/2 pounds of apples. He wants to divide them equally into bags that hold 1/4 pound each. How many bags can he fill?

• 22 bags

• 18 bags

• 25 bags

• 20 bags

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

• 0.6 miles

• 2.4 miles

• 3 miles

• 1.5 miles

Emma drank 1 1/2 liters of juice. If she wants to share it equally among 3 friends, how much juice will each friend get?

• 0.5 liters

• 1.25 liters

• 1 liter

• 0.75 liters

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3/4 of the pizza, how many slices are left?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 2

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

• 1 and 1/3 cups

• 3 cups

• 2 cups

• 1/2 cup

Liam has 2 1/4 meters of rope. He cuts it into pieces that are each 1/2 meter long. How many pieces does he have?

• 6

• 3

• 4

• 5

A tank can hold 5 1/2 gallons of water. If it is currently filled with 2/3 of that amount, how many gallons of water are in the tank?

• 4 gallons

• 1 1/2 gallons

• 2 gallons

• 3 2/3 gallons