Equivalent Fractions
Ms. Berry is teaching a class that lasts 1/4 hour. If she teaches for 5 classes, how long will she have taught in total? Write the total time as an equivalent fraction.
1 1/4 hours
James is building a fence and has 11/4 feet of wood. He wants to know how many whole feet of wood he has and how much extra wood is left over. Convert 11/4 feet into a mixed number.
2 3/4
Emma is baking cookies and needs 3/4 cup of sugar for each batch. If she wants to make 6 batches of cookies, how many cups of sugar will she need in total?
4 1/2 cups
Lily is planting flowers in her garden. She wants to plant 2/3 of a row of flowers in each section. If she has 4/5 of the garden available for planting, how much of the garden will be planted with flowers?
8/15 of the garden
A recipe calls for 7/5 cups of flour. If you are only making 2/3 of the recipe, how much flour will you need?
14/15 of a cup of flour
Emma is making a batch of cookies. The recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If she is making 3 batches of cookies, how much flour will she need in total?
7 1/2 cups
Tom is making a pizza dough recipe that requires 2/3 cup of water. He wants to make 3 pizzas, so he decides to triple the recipe. How much water will Tom need in total? Express the amount as an equivalent fraction.
2 cups of water
Michael is making a recipe that requires 3 2/5 cups of sugar. How many cups of sugar does he need as an improper fraction?
17/5
A runner runs 2/3 of a mile every day. If she runs every day for 5 days, how many miles will she have run in total?
3 1/3 miles
A pizza recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of cheese. If the recipe is doubled, how much cheese will be used?
1 1/2 cups of cheese
Jason has 9/4 yards of fabric. He wants to use 3/5 of that fabric to make a shirt. How much fabric will he use?
1 7/20 yards
Liam is building a bookshelf. He needs 1 3/4 feet of wood for each shelf. If he is making 4 shelves, how much wood will he need in total?
7 feet of wood
Sarah is making a batch of cookies. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar, but she wants to double the recipe. How much sugar does Sarah need if she doubles the recipe? Write the amount of sugar needed as an equivalent fraction.
1 1/2 cups of sugar
Emily is organizing a charity event and has 17/5 pounds of rice. She wants to pack the rice into bags that each hold 5 pounds. How many full bags can she pack, and how much rice will be left over? Convert 17/5 into a mixed number.
3 2/5
A piece of ribbon is 5/6 yards long. If you cut 7 pieces of ribbon, each 5/6 yards long, how many yards of ribbon will you have in total?
5 5/6 yards
A runner runs 2/5 of a mile each day. How far will the runner have run in 3/4 of a day?
3/10 of a mile
Maria has 8/3 gallons of paint. If she needs to paint 4 walls, and each wall requires 1/2 of the amount of paint she has, how much paint will she use for one wall?
1 1/3 gallons of paint
A student is reading a book. She reads 3 1/2 chapters each week. If she continues at this rate for 5 weeks, how many chapters will she have read?
17 1/2 chapters
Lily jogs 3/8 of a mile every morning. If she jogs for 4 mornings, how many miles will she have jogged in total? Express the total distance as an equivalent fraction.
1 1/2 miles
Sarah is building a bookshelf and needs 4 3/8 yards of wood. How many yards of wood does she need as an improper fraction?
35/8
A gardener plants 3/4 of a row with flowers every day. If she plants flowers for 4 days, how much of the row will she have planted in total?
3 full rows
A recipe for pancakes calls for 3/8 of a cup of milk. If you want to make 2/3 of the recipe, how much milk will you need?
1/4 cup of milk
A bakery uses 11/8 cups of sugar to bake one cake. If they want to bake 3 cakes, how much sugar will they need in total?
4 1/8 cups
Sophia is making a batch of lemonade. The recipe calls for 4 1/4 cups of water. If she wants to make 2 batches of lemonade, how much water will she need in total?
8 1/2 cups
A farmer has 5/8 of an acre of land for planting vegetables. She decides to plant carrots on 3/5 of that land. How much of the entire acre will be planted with carrots? Write your answer as an equivalent fraction.
3/8 of an acre
Jessica has 17/4 of a pizza. She wants to divide it into whole pizzas and leftover slices. How many whole pizzas and leftover slices will she have?
Jessica has 4 whole pizzas and 1/4 of a pizza left over
A student reads 2/5 of a book each day. If she reads for 8 days, how much of the book will she have read?
3 1/5 of the book
In a science experiment, you need to mix 3/4 of a solution with 1/2 of another solution. How much of the combined solution will you have?
3/8
A painter has 5/2 gallons of paint. He needs to use 4/5 of it to paint a fence. How much paint will he use?
2 gallons of paint
A painter has 3 2/3 gallons of paint. If he needs 2 times the amount of paint to finish a larger project, how much paint will he use in total?
7 1/3 gallons of paint