F RACTION S TORY P ROBLEMS

Andy has ¾ of a cup of frosting left and five cupcakes. How much frosting can he use on each cupcake?

DRAW A PICTURE Of the students in Sandra’s class, ¾ have a pet cat. Of the students who have a cat, ¼ also have a dog. What fraction of the students in Sandra’s class have both a cat and a dog?

Of the students in the band, 2/3 play a brass instrument. Of the students who play a brass instrument, 3/10 play the trumpet. What fraction of the students in the band play the trumpet?

Renee operates a hot dog stand. On Wednesday she used 1/3 of a bag of hot dog buns. On Thursday she used 1/5 as many hot dog buns as on Wednesday. How many bags of hot dog buns did Renee use on Thursday?

Alexis had ½ of a pound of blueberries. Alexis let her fiend Valli eat 4/5 of the blueberries. How many pounds of blueberries did Valli eat?

Liam needs to buy 15 ¾ feet of packaging tape. There are 1 ¾ feet of tape on each roll. How many rolls of tape should Liam buy?

The chef of a pizza place used 10 packages of pepperoni and ½ of a package of sausage. How much more pepperoni than sausage did the chef use?

Fergie made strawberry jam and raspberry jam. She made enough strawberry jam to fill 9 1/6 jars. If she made ½ as much raspberry jam as strawberry jam, how many jars will the raspberry jam fill?

Mark takes a piece of wood that is 7/8 of an inch thick and glues it to a piece of wood that is ¾ of an inch thick. Together, what is the thickness of the two pieces of wood?

For a class gardening project, 1/10 of Mrs. Collin’s students planted marigolds and ½ planted tulips. What fraction of the class planted either marigolds or tulips?

F RACTION P ROBLEMS Sum of ½ and 3/5

Difference of 1 ¾ and 5/6

Product of 1 2/3 and 7/8

Quotient of 3 5/6 and 1/4