Fractions and Decimals: Real-World Problem Solving

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1.5 times the recipe, how much sugar do you need in cups?

• 3/4 cup

• 1.5 cups

• 1 cup

• 2 cups

Sarah has 3/4 of a yard of fabric. She uses 0.5 yards to make a pillow. How much fabric does she have left?

• 1/8 yards

• 1/4 yards

• 3/4 yards

• 1/2 yards

A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If you eat 3/8 of the pizza, what fraction of the pizza is left?

• 3/8

• 7/8

• 1/4

• 5/8

Tom bought 2.5 pounds of apples. If he uses 1/2 of a pound for a pie, how many pounds of apples does he have left?

• 2.5 pounds

• 2.0 pounds

• 3.0 pounds

• 1.5 pounds

A car travels 0.6 miles per minute. How far will it travel in 3/4 of an hour?

• 30 miles

• 15 miles

• 27 miles

• 20 miles

A garden is 1/3 of an acre. If you want to plant flowers in 0.25 of that area, how much area will be used for flowers?

• 1/12 acre

• 1/3 acre

• 1/6 acre

• 1/4 acre

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of juice. If you pour out 2/5 of the juice, how much juice is left in the bottle?

• 1.2 liters

• 0.6 liters

• 1.0 liters

• 0.9 liters

Lily read 1/4 of a book in the first week. If the book has 200 pages, how many pages did she read?

• 50 pages

• 75 pages

• 25 pages

• 100 pages

A baker made 3.5 dozen cookies. If he sells 2/7 of them, how many cookies did he sell?

• 15

• 10

• 20

• 12

A tank can hold 4.5 gallons of water. If it is currently filled to 2/3 of its capacity, how many gallons of water are in the tank?

• 3 gallons

• 4 gallons

• 1.5 gallons

• 2 gallons