Multiply & Divide Fractions Word Problems

Anita needs to add 2/3 of a cup of flour to a recipe. She only has a 1/3- cup measure.

How many scoops of flour does Anita need to add?

At Sullivan High School, 4/5 of the students play an instrument. Of the students who play an instrument, 9/10 play a string instrument. What fraction of the students at Sullivan High School play a string instrument?

Raymond has 7/10 of a cup of

powdered sugar. He sprinkles

1/3 of the sugar onto a plate of

brownies and sprinkles the rest

onto a plate of lemon cookies.

How much sugar does Raymond

sprinkle on the brownies?

Hayley picked 2/3 of a pound of

berries. She divided them

evenly among 3 containers.

How many pounds of berries

did Hayley put in each

container?

Zoe made 4/5 of a quart of hot

chocolate. Each mug

holds 2/5 of a quart. How many

mugs will Zoe be able to fill?

On Monday a team of street

sweepers cleaned 1/3 of a city

block. Tuesday, the team

cleaned 1/5 as many blocks as

on Monday. How many city

blocks did the street sweepers

clean on Tuesday?

Last week, Denise's Fruit Stand

sold 10 boxes of bananas. Down

the road, Nate's Fruit Stand sold

2/5 as many boxes of bananas

as Denise's did. How many

boxes of bananas did Nate's

Fruit Stand sell?

At the end of the night, a pizza

place had 5 3/5 pizzas left over.

The 7 employees each took

home the same amount of

leftover pizza. How much pizza

did each employee take home?

Frank split 7/10 of a gallon of

ketchup equally into 7 smaller

bottles to put on the tables in

his hamburger restaurant. How

much ketchup did he put in each bottle?

Steve had 4/5 of a pound of

blueberries. Steve let his friend

Randy eat 2/3 of the

blueberries. How many pounds

of blueberries did Randy eat?