Fraction of Problems
What is 1/5 of 6?
6/5 or 1 and 1/5
Add the fractions: 1/4 + 3/4
4/4 or 1
Subtract the Fractions: 3/4 - 1/4
2/4
Shelly had 3/4 jar of jelly, she used 1/4 the jar. How much does she have left?
2/4 jar
George has 12 boxes of candy. He wants to give each of his 5 friends some. How much will each friend get?
12/5 or 2 2/5 boxes
What is 2/3 of 9?
9/3 or 3
Add the fractions: 2/3 + 1/6
5/6
Subtract the fractions: 4/5 - 1/10
7/10
Mark had 2/3 bag of chips, he had 1/6 bag of candy. How many bag(s) of snacks did he have in all?
5/6 bag
Amy has 7 candy bars. She wants to share them equally among 3 friends. How many will each friend get?
7/3 or 2 1/3
Draw a picture to represent 1/4 of 5
5 Circles cut into 4 pieces with 1/4 shaded on each piece.
5/4 or 1 and 1/4
Add the fractions: 2/3 + 4/5
22/15 or 1 and 7/15
Subtract the fractions: 1/2 - 1/4
1/4
Frank had 1 4/6 cup of water, he drank 2/6 of the cup. How much water does he have left?
1 2/6 cup
Rylee has 3 rounds of cheese in her fridge. She wants to bring some each day for the next 12 days of school. How much will she have each day?
3/12 round of cheese
Amy had 7 watermelons, she wanted to know what 1/4 of the watermelons was. What would you tell her?
7/4 or 1 and 3/4 watermelons
Add the fractions: 1 3/4 + 7 2/8
9
Subtract the Fractions: 2 3/4 - 1 2/4
1 1/4
A chef had 2 1/3 head of lettuce, she used 2/3 of the lettuce. How much does she have left?
1 2/3 heads of lettuce left
Tom has 6 breadsticks that he wants to split evenly among the 4 tables at the restaurant. How much of the breadsticks will each table get?
6/4 or 1 2/4 breadsticks
Mike had 8 erasers. He wanted to know what 1/3 of the erasers was. What would you tell him?
8/3 or 2 and 2/3 erasers
Add the fractions: 2 and 2/4 + 1 2/8
3 and 6/8
Subtract the Fractions: 5 1/2 - 1 1/6
4 2/6
Molly is growing a plant for a project. On Monday it was 2 1/8 inches tall. On Wednesday it was 3 2/8 inches tall. How much did the plant grow from Monday to Wednesday?
1 1/8 inches
The 3 families in the apartment building wanted to share 220 ounces of detergent. If the families split the detergent equally how much detergent will each family member get? What should they do with the remainder?
70 R10
They could split the remainder up, everyone else would get an extra 10/3 or 3 1/3 ounces of detergent.