Grade 7 Fraction Word Problems

Grade 7 Fraction Word Problems

Read each word problem carefully and solve it. Show your work for full credit.

1. Sarah drank 2/5 of a bottle of water in the morning and 1/3 of the bottle in the afternoon. What fraction of the water bottle did she drink in total?

2. A recipe calls for 3/4 cup of flour. If you only have 1/2 cup, how much more flour do you need?

3. A baker uses 1/4 of a sack of flour for one cake. If he bakes 3 cakes, he will use   of a sack of flour.

4. A ribbon is 5/6 meter long. If you cut it into pieces that are each 1/12 meter long, you will have   pieces.

5. John has 1/2 of a pizza. He eats 1/3 of his portion. What fraction of the whole pizza did John eat?

6. A plant grew 3/4 inch in the first week and 1/2 inch in the second week. How much did it grow in total?

7. A construction crew is building a road that is 7 1/2 miles long. They have completed 2/3 of the road. How many miles of road have they completed?

8. Emily spent 1/4 of her money on a book and 1/6 of her money on a new pen. If she had $24 to begin with, how much money does she have left?