5th Grade Fraction Fun: Multiply & Simplify!

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1/2 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?

• 1/3 cup

• 1/2 cup

• 1/4 cup

• 2/3 cup

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 1/3 of an acre. If 2/5 of that garden is planted with tomatoes, what fraction of an acre is planted with tomatoes?

• 3/10

• 1/5

• 1/4

• 2/15

Tom has 1 1/2 liters of juice. He pours 1/3 of it into a glass. How much juice is left in the container?

• 1 1/4 liters

• 1/2 liter

• 1 liter

• 2 liters

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

• 5/8

• 7/8

• 3/8

• 1/4

Emily read 2/5 of a book in the first week. If the book has 150 pages, how many pages did she read?

• 75

• 30

• 60

• 45

A car travels 3/4 of a mile in 1/2 hour. How far does it travel in 1 hour?

• 0.75 miles

• 2 miles

• 1 mile

• 1.5 miles

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

• 1 cup of flour

• 15/16 cups of flour

• 1/2 cup of flour

• 2 cups of flour

In a class, 2/3 of the students are girls. If there are 24 students in total, how many girls are there?

• 16

• 18

• 20

• 12

A bottle contains 1 1/2 gallons of water. If you use 2/3 of it for a plant, how much water is left in the bottle?

• 0.5 gallons

• 1/4 gallon

• 1 gallon

• 2 gallons