Solving Everyday Fraction Problems: Subtraction & Multiplication

Sarah has 3/4 of a pizza left. She ate 1/4 of it. How much pizza does she have now?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

A recipe calls for 2/3 of a cup of sugar. If Maria uses 1/3 of a cup, how much sugar does she have left?

• 1 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 2/3 cup

• 1/3 cup

Tom has 5 apples. He gives away 1/2 of them to his friends. How many apples does he have now?

• 5

• 4

• 3

• 2

A garden has 4/5 of its area planted with flowers. If 1/5 of the flowers die, what fraction of the garden is still planted with flowers?

• 1/5

• 16/25

• 2/5

• 3/5

In a class, 2/3 of the students are girls. If there are 12 students in total, how many girls are there?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 10

A baker made 3/4 of a cake. He sold 1/2 of that cake. How much cake does he have left?

• 3/8

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 5/8

A box contains 6 chocolates. If 1/3 of them are dark chocolates, how many dark chocolates are there?

• 4

• 3

• 1

• 2

Emma read 1/2 of her book in the morning and 1/4 in the afternoon. How much of the book has she read in total?

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 3/4

• 1

A farmer harvested 3/5 of his corn. If he sells 1/5 of what he harvested, how much corn does he have left?

• 3/10

• 2/5

• 12/25

• 1/2