1. Mid-Year Assessment Review Fractions Word Problems
January 2014

2. #1 Benjamin practices playing the guitar every afternoon.
He practiced 2/3 of an hour on Monday
He practiced ¼ of an hour on Tuesday.
He practiced ¾ of an hour on Wednesday.
What is the total amount of time Benjamin spent practicing the uitar?

3. #2
Philip started writing his paper on Monday. He wrote 1/15 of his paper on Monday, 1/3 of his paper on Tuesday, and 2/5 of his paper on Wednesday. How fraction of his paper is left to write?

4. #3
Crystal had one big container of pencils. She divided the pencils into 4 small containers. Each container is a different color. She put 1/5 of them in a blue container, ½ of them in a red container, and ¼ in an orange container. The last container is green. What fraction of the pencils is left for the green container?

5. #4
If there were a total of 40 pencils, how many pencils were in the blue container?

6. #5
Cindy helped her father make scrambled eggs. There were a dozen eggs in the carton. They used ¾ of the carton of eggs. How many eggs were left in the carton?

7. #6
Each of Mr. Faulkner’s students chose an activity for recess. One-third of the students chose to play soccer. One-sixth of the students chose to play on the swings. The rest ran the track. What fraction of the students ran the track?

8. #7
If there were 24 students in Mr. Faulkner’s class, how many of them ran the track?
(see #5)

9. #8
Jessica earns $12 for babysitting for 3 hours a day. Last month she worked 15 hours. She spent $24.17 on school supplies. How much does she have left?

10. #9
Sarah bought pencils. She notices that ¼ of each package of pencils are red pencils. She bought 12 packages of pencils. How many full packages of red pencils can she make?

11. #10
Donald drives 16 ½ miles to work each day. Three-fourths of his total drive is on the interstate. How many miles does Donald drive on the interstate?

12. #11
Kendal used a small bucket to fill her new fish tank. Her fish tank holds 10 gallons. Each small bucket contains ¼ of a gallon of water. How many small buckets will it take to fill the fish tank?

13. #12
Three friends ate ½ of a pizza. Each friend ate the same amount of pizza. How much did each friend eat?

14. #13
Jerry needs 4/5 of a cup of flour to make 15 cookies. How much flour would he need to make 45 cookies?

15. #14
Hilda plants flowers in ¾ of her garden. In the flower section she plants ¼ in roses, ¼ in carnations. What fraction of the whole garden is planted in carnations?