A recipe for chocolate muffins calls for ¼ cup of oil.
You are making ½ of the recipe. How much oil
should you use?
At a restaurant, 2/3 of the dishes on the menu are
vegetarian. Of the vegetarian dishes, 2/3 are pasta
dishes. What fraction of the dishes on the menu are
vegetarian pasta dishes?
At the Children’s Zoo, 1/8 of the animals are primates.
1/4 of the primates are monkeys. What fraction of the
animals are monkeys?
Grandma’s cookie recipe calls for 1/5 of a cup of sugar.
How much sugar will Grandma need to make 3/4 of a
batch of cookies?
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One half of the students in 5th grade are girls. Of the
girls, 3/4 plays a musical instrument. What fraction of
the girl students play a musical instrument?
Jane went to the candy store and bought a ½ kilogram
bag of mixed nuts, of which 3/5 were cashews. What
fraction of the mixed nuts were cashews?
Of the CDs in Mr. Jones’ collection, 4/5 is classical music.
Of the classical music CDs, 2/3 features a violin solo.
What fraction of the songs in Mr. Jones’ CD collection is
classical music that features a violin solo?
At Sunrise High School, 2/3 of the students play a team
sport. 1/2 of the students who play a team sport are in
basketball teams. What fraction of the students are in
basketball teams?
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In a garden, 1/8 of the flowers are tulips. 1/4 of the
tulips are red. What fraction of the flowers in the
garden are red tulips?
1/2 of the cakes at Bob's Bakery have chocolate frosting.
7/10 of the cakes with chocolate frosting have raspberry
filling. What fraction of the cakes have both chocolate
frosting and raspberry filling?
On Friday night Liam ordered pizza for dinner. When he
was finished dinner 1/2 of the pizza was left, so he put it in
the refrigerator. On Saturday, Liam ate 1/2 of the leftover
pizza. How much of the pizza did Liam eat on Saturday?
At the playground, 3/4 of the children are girls. 1/4 of
the girls have glasses. What fraction of the girls has
glasses?
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