Fraction Challenge

Solve the problems below on a separate sheet of paper showing all work. Be sure to simplify and label your answers. (You can draw pictures of the problems to help you)

  1. Lily is baking oatmeal raisin cookies for her Mom's birthday. The recipe calls for a total of cups of flour. cups of white flour have already been used. How much wheat flour must Lily add before baking her cookies?
  1. Mrs. Raczkowski opened a bag of M&M’s tat contained a total of 72 M&M’s. She found that 0.75 (75%) of them were green. How many green M&M’s did she have?
  1. Mrs. Ferger is planting her backyard garden. She needs bags of seeds. First, she used bags of tulips, then she added bags of daises. How many more bags of seeds does Mrs. Ferger need to complete her garden?
  1. For Jack’s birthday his mom bought cookie cakes and cut them into 6 pieces. If Jack and his friend ate of the cake, how many pieces are left?
  1. Taylor walks to school every day. Her trip to school is exactly miles from her house. Thursday after school she goes to the store to buy ½ pound of candy. The store is of a mile past her school. Once she is done at the store she walks past the school to get back home. How far did Taylor walk altogether on Thursday? How far does Taylor walk this week?
  1. During the past week, the Buffalo Sabres scored of the goals at their games. If Nathan Gerbe scored of those goals, what fraction of the total goals did Nathan Gerbe score?
  1. Kelly’s family ate pies, Jennifer’s family ate pies, and Melissa’s family ate pies. How many pies did the three girls eat in all?
  1. Mrs. Robare bought gallons of ice cream for her home base. If there are 15 students in her home base and herself, what fraction of the ice cream will each student receive?
  1. Giuliana has cups of lemonade. Three of my friends also have cups of lemonade. If Giuliana made 6 cups of lemonade, how much lemonade does she have left?
  1. If Giuliana wants to share the remaining lemonade equally among her and three friends, how much lemonade should each person receive?
  1. Mr. McAteeneeds to buy pizza for the Seuss & Roosevelt Team reward parties. He conducted a survey and found thatof the students liked pepperoni only on their pizza. Of the remaining students, preferred their pizza with pineapple. The rest of the students liked plain cheese.
  1. If 72 students were invited to the reward party, how many prefer pepperoni pizza?
  1. How many students prefer pineapple pizza?
  1. How many students prefer cheese pizza?