Fraction Word Problems Worksheet
🍕 Part 1: Basic Fraction Word Problems (Questions 1-15)
1. Sarah ate 3/8 of a pizza. Her brother ate 2/8 of the same pizza. How much pizza did they eat altogether?
Answer: ___________
2. A chocolate bar has 12 pieces. Tom ate 1/4 of the bar. How many pieces did Tom eat?
Answer: ___________
3. Emma had 2/3 of a cake. She gave away 1/3 of the cake. What fraction of the cake does she have left?
Answer: ___________
4. A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of flour. How much flour is needed to make half the recipe?
Answer: ___________
5. In a class of 24 students, 1/6 are wearing red shirts. How many students are wearing red shirts?
Answer: ___________
6. Jake ran 5/8 of a kilometre in the morning and 3/8 of a kilometre in the afternoon. How far did he run in total?
Answer: ___________
7. A bag contains 20 lollies. If 3/5 of them are red, how many red lollies are there?
Answer: ___________
8. Mia drank 1/2 litre of water before lunch and 1/4 litre after lunch. How much water did she drink altogether?
Answer: ___________
9. A garden has 18 plants. If 2/9 of them are roses, how many roses are there?
Answer: ___________
10. Ben had 7/10 of his homework completed. He finished another 2/10. What fraction of his homework is now complete?
Answer: ___________
11. A bookshelf has 30 books. If 2/5 are fiction books, how many fiction books are there?
Answer: ___________
12. Lucy spent 3/7 of her pocket money on sweets and 2/7 on a magazine. What fraction of her money did she spend?
Answer: ___________
13. A ribbon is 2/3 metre long. If you cut off 1/6 metre, how much ribbon is left?
Answer: ___________
14. In a fruit bowl, 1/4 of the 16 pieces of fruit are apples. How many apples are in the bowl?
Answer: ___________
15. Tom painted 5/12 of a fence on Monday and 3/12 on Tuesday. What fraction of the fence has he painted?
Answer: ___________
🧮 Part 2: Intermediate Fraction Problems (Questions 16-30)
16. A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. If 3 slices are eaten, what fraction of the pizza remains?
Answer: ___________
17. Sophie has $24. She spends 1/3 of it on a book. How much money did she spend?
Answer: $ ___________
18. A tank holds 60 litres of water. If 2/5 of the water is used, how many litres remain?
Answer: ___________ litres
19. James walked 3/4 of the way to school, which was 600 metres. How far is it to school in total?
Answer: ___________ metres
20. A bag of flour weighs 2 kg. If a recipe uses 3/8 of the bag, how many grams of flour are used?
Answer: ___________ grams
21. In a parking lot, 3/7 of the 42 cars are white. How many cars are not white?
Answer: ___________
22. Anna read 2/5 of her 200-page book yesterday. How many pages does she have left to read?
Answer: ___________ pages
23. A rectangular garden is 4/5 metre wide. If it needs to be 1/10 metre wider, what will the new width be?
Answer: ___________ metre
24. David has 36 marbles. He gives away 1/4 of them to his sister and 1/6 to his friend. How many marbles does he have left?
Answer: ___________
25. A rope is 5/6 metre long. Another rope is 2/3 metre long. What is the total length of both ropes?
Answer: ___________ metre
26. In a school of 480 students, 3/8 play sport. How many students do not play sport?
Answer: ___________
27. A cake recipe needs 3/4 cup of sugar. If you want to make 1/3 of the recipe, how much sugar do you need?
Answer: ___________ cup
28. Lisa has completed 5/8 of her art project. What fraction of the project is still left to complete?
Answer: ___________
29. A bottle contains 3/4 litre of juice. If 1/6 litre is poured out, how much juice remains in the bottle?
Answer: ___________ litre
30. Mark saved $48. He spent 1/4 on a game and 1/6 on a book. How much money does he have left?
Answer: $ ___________
🎯 Part 3: Advanced Fraction Problems (Questions 31-40)
31. A swimming pool is 2/3 full. After adding 150 litres, it becomes 5/6 full. What is the total capacity of the pool?
Answer: ___________ litres
32. Three friends share a pizza. Amy eats 1/3, Ben eats 1/4, and Chris eats the rest. What fraction did Chris eat?
Answer: ___________
33. A train journey takes 2 1/2 hours. If 3/5 of the journey is completed, how much time is left?
Answer: ___________ hours
34. Sarah has 2/3 cup of flour. She needs 1 1/4 cups for a recipe. How much more flour does she need?
Answer: ___________ cups
35. A rectangular field is 3/4 kilometre long and 1/2 kilometre wide. What is the perimeter of the field?
Answer: ___________ kilometres
36. Tom has read 3/8 of a book with 240 pages. His sister has read 2/5 of the same book. Who has read more pages and by how many?
Answer: ___________
37. A recipe for 8 people uses 2/3 cup of rice. How much rice is needed for 12 people?
Answer: ___________ cups
38. In a basket, 2/7 of the fruit are apples, 3/7 are oranges, and the rest are bananas. If there are 28 pieces of fruit, how many bananas are there?
Answer: ___________
39. A water tank loses 1/8 of its water each day through evaporation. If it starts with 240 litres, how much water is left after 2 days?
Answer: ___________ litres
40. Emma spent 1/5 of her money on lunch, 1/4 on a book, and had $22 left. How much money did she start with?
Answer: $ ___________
🔍 Part 4: Real-World Fraction Problems (Questions 41-50)
41. A school fundraiser collected $600. If 2/5 goes to new books, 1/3 to sports equipment, and the rest to art supplies, how much goes to art supplies?
Answer: $ ___________
42. A farmer harvested 3/4 tonne of apples. He sold 2/3 of what he harvested. How many kilograms of apples did he sell?
Answer: ___________ kg
43. During a 6-hour car trip, the family stopped for 1/4 hour for petrol and 3/4 hour for lunch. How much time did they spend driving?
Answer: ___________ hours
44. A rectangular garden bed is 2 1/3 metres long and 1 1/2 metres wide. What is the area of the garden bed?
Answer: ___________ square metres
45. In a survey of 150 students, 2/5 prefer chocolate ice cream, 1/3 prefer vanilla, and the rest prefer strawberry. How many students prefer strawberry?
Answer: ___________
46. A baker uses 1 1/4 cups of flour for each loaf of bread. How much flour is needed to make 6 loaves?
Answer: ___________ cups
47. A marathon is 42 kilometres long. If a runner has completed 5/6 of the race, how many kilometres are left?
Answer: ___________ kilometres
48. A movie theatre has 180 seats. On Friday night, 7/9 of the seats were filled. On Saturday night, 5/6 were filled. Which night had more people and by how many?
Answer: ___________
49. A recipe calls for 2 2/3 cups of milk. If you only have 1 3/4 cups, how much more milk do you need?
Answer: ___________ cups
50. A clothing store had a sale. Shirts were reduced by 1/4 of their original price, and pants were reduced by 1/3. If a shirt originally cost $32 and pants cost $48, what are the sale prices?
Shirt sale price: $ ___________
Pants sale price: $ ___________
🎨 Part 5: Visual Fraction Matching
Instructions: Match each fraction problem on the left with the correct visual model on the right by drawing lines between them.
1. 1/2 + 1/4 = ?
2. 3/4 of 8 = ?
3. 2/3 - 1/6 = ?
4. 1/5 of 10 = ?
5. 3/8 + 1/8 = ?
A. A circle with 4 equal parts, 1 part shaded
B. A rectangle divided into 8 parts, 6 parts shaded
C. A strip divided into 4 parts, 3 parts shaded
D. Two circles: one completely shaded, one with 1/2 shaded
E. A rectangle divided into 6 parts, 3 parts shaded
Draw your own visual model for the fraction 2/5:
Draw a visual model showing 1/3 + 1/6:
Create a pie chart showing a pizza where 1/2 is eaten:
