Instructions
Read each problem carefully and use fractions to solve them. Write your answers in the spaces provided.1. Maria has a pizza cut into 8 slices. She eats 1/4 of the pizza. How many slices does she eat?
2. A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar. If you only have a 1/4 cup measure, how many times will you need to fill the measure to get the right amount?
3. Tom has 18 pencils and wants to divide them equally among his 3 friends. How many pencils does each friend get? Show your work.
4. A bookshelf is 2 1/2 meters tall. If it is divided into 5 equal parts, how tall is each part? Use a fraction in your answer.
5. You have a bag of apples weighing 4 3/4 pounds. You give 1 1/4 pounds to your neighbor. How many pounds of apples do you have left? Explain your answer.
6. A garden path is 5 meters long. If it is shaded every 1/5 meters, how many shaded sections are there in total? Write your answer here.
7. You have 12 stickers and want to share them equally among 4 of your friends. How many stickers will each friend get? Write the answer as a fraction and a whole number.
8. A painter uses 2/3 of a gallon of paint on one wall. If the next wall is 1/4 the size, how much paint will it need? Show your work.