Fraction Word Problems
Amelia is making fruit salad for a dinner party. She needs 1⁄2 of a banana per guest. How many bananas will she need for 6 guests?
What is 3 bananas?
2⁄3 x 1⁄5
What is 2⁄15?
These types of numbers have only two factors, 1 and themselves (For example: The only factors of 7 are 1 and 7).
What are prime numbers?
1⁄3 ÷ 1⁄2
What is 2⁄3?
Ana has 1⁄2 of a pound of hair dye to divide equally into 4 containers. How much hair dye will be in each container?
What is 1⁄8 of a pound of hair dye?
Niko is in the Holiday spirit and makes 7 pounds of pumpkin pie. His sister separates the pie equally onto dinner plates with 1⁄3 of a pound of pie on each plate. How many plates will she need?
What is 21 plates?
5⁄7 x 5⁄8
What is 25⁄56?
Find the GCF of 18 and 24.
What is 6?
2⁄5 ÷ 3⁄4
What is 8⁄15
Maddie has 6/11 of a container of Silly Putty on her desk. Kennedy "borrows" 2/3 of the Silly Putty when Maddie isn't looking. What fraction of the Silly Putty does Kennedy have?
What is 12⁄33 of a container of Silly Putty?
Mr. Wright feeds his cat 3⁄7 of a corndog each day. How long will 6 corndogs last?
What is 14 days?
3 1⁄3 x 2⁄9
What is 20⁄27?
Find the LCM of 5 and 15.
What is 30?
7⁄8 ÷ 2⁄3
What is 1 5⁄16?
Brayden wants to buy a Legendary Fortnite skin that cost 72 dollars. He has saved 1/3 of the money he needs before he can buy the skin. How much money does Brayden have saved up?
What is 24 dollars?
Jewlian has 16 bottles of Gatorade for his basketball games. If he drinks 1⁄4 of a bottle each day, how long will the 16 bottles last last him?
What is 64 days?
4⁄7 x 2 1⁄3
What is 1 1⁄3
Find the GCF of 18 and 45.
What is 9?
2 1⁄3 ÷ 3 1⁄4
What is 28⁄39?
Brooke is playing a prank on her brother. She wants to fill 9 of his socks with 3⁄5 of a pound of Cheez Whiz. How much Cheese Whiz will she need to fill the 9 socks?
What is 5 2⁄5 pounds of Cheez Whiz?
Sammy bought 5 tubs of ice cream to bring to her 4th period class next Friday. Each tub contains 4/6 of a pound of ice cream. How much total ice cream did she buy?
What is 3 1⁄3 pounds of ice cream?
2 1⁄4 x 3 2⁄3
What is 8 1⁄4?
Find the LCM of 12 and 16.
What is 48?
3 1⁄3 ÷ 1⁄5
What is 16 2⁄3?
Gage has 40 bottles of Mountain Dew. He needs to divide the Mountain Dew equally into containers of 2⁄3 of a cup of Mountain Dew. How many containers will Gage be able to fill?
What is 60 containers? (Better get pouring Gage).