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Fractions

1. Sarah is baking cookies for her class, but she needs more
sugar. The recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar, but Sarah only
has 1/4 cup of sugar. How much more sugar does Sarah
need?
A 2/4

B 1/4

C 2/3

D 1/2

2. Joel is planning to surp ise his 10 soccer team mates

with a spo ts d ink. He knows that 2/5 of the team
like the red d ink, and the remaining team mates
only like the blue d ink. How many team mates want
the red d ink?
A 5

B 8

C 2

D 4

3. A class is going on a field t ip to the zoo, but they

can't decide if they should visit the lions or the
zebras first. If 2/5 of the students want to see the
lions first, what fraction of students want to see
the zebras first?
A 2/5

B 1/2

C 3/5

D 1/5
4. B iana is making a dress for an upcoming dance. The spools of
mate ial that she needs come in packages of 2 feet but the dress
she is making requires 15 feet of mate ial. How many spools of
mate ial does B iana actually need? Because she has to buy the
entire spool, how many spools will she have to buy?
A B iana only needs 5 1/2 spools to reach 15 feet, she will need to
buy 6 total spools.

B B iana only needs 8 3/5 spools to reach 15 feet, she will need to
buy 9 total spools.

C B iana only needs 7 1/2 spools to reach 15 feet, she will need to
buy 8 total spools.

D B iana only needs 4 4/5 spools to reach 15 feet, she will need to
buy 5 total spools.

5. Aaron decided to surp ise his team by b inging

pizzas to lunch. Each pizza was cut into 8 slices.
Penelope ate 4 slices, Derek ate 12 slices,
Spencer ate 10 slices, and Emily ate 10 slices.
How many pizzas were eaten all together?
A 6 pizzas

B 4 1/2 pizzas

C 5 1/4 pizzas

D 4 3/8 pizzas

6. Olivia counts all of the cars that d ive by her

house one afte noon. She counted a total of 25
cars. 10 of them were red. What fraction of the
cars were red?
A 2/3

B 1 2/3

C 2/5

D 1/5
7.

Holly has baked 3 pans of holiday cookies for Santa, with 12 cookies in each pan. When she
wakes up, Santa has eaten 28 cookies. What fraction of the pans of cookies did Santa eat?
A 2 1/3

B 2 1/2

C 3 1/4

D 2 3/5

8. Tiana wants to plant a garden at her new house. She

purchases 2 1/2 pallets of sunflowers and 4 1/3
pallets of daisies. How many more daisies does
Tiana have than sunflowers?
A 2 2/5

B 6 2/5

C 1 4/5

D 1 2/3

9.

Two f iends have a challenge to see who can get more candy on Halloween. Jerome got 4
pounds of candy, which is 2 2/3 more candy than Hank did. How much candy did Hank have?
A 1 1/3 pounds

B 2/3 of a pound

C 1 4/5 of a pound

D 2 pounds
10.

Ma ia walked her dog for 2 1/2 miles on F iday, then she walked her dog 3 2/3 miles on
Saturday. How many total miles did Ma ia and her dog walk?
A 5 2/3 miles

B 6 4/25 miles

C 4 1/2 miles

D 5 3/5 miles