Multiply and Divide Fractions Word Problems Exercises

1. Junior's brother is $\dfrac{1}{4}$ meters tall. Junior is $1 \dfrac{1}{4}$ of his brother's height.

How tall is Junior?

2. Eric has started running for exercise. He recorded the number of kilometers he ran each day this week in the table below.

On Monday, Eric ran $\dfrac{5}{7}$ of the distance that he ran on Friday.

Fill in the number of kilometers that Eric ran on Monday in the table below.

3. Talia spent $\dfrac{3}{4}$ of this week's allowance on candy. Of the money she spent on candy, $\dfrac{5}{6}$ was spent on gummy bears.

What fraction of this week's allowance did Talia spend on gummy bears?

_____ of this week's allowance

4. A punch bowl had $2 \dfrac{1}{2}$ liters of juice in it. Liam drank $\dfrac{1}{3}$ of the juice in the bowl.

How many liters of juice did Liam drink?

_____ of a liter

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1. Junior is $1\frac{4}{5}$ meters tall.

2. Eric ran $\dfrac{9}{14}$ of a kilometer on Monday.

3. Talia spent $\dfrac{5}{8}$ of this week's allowance on gummy bears.

4. Liam drank $\dfrac{5}{6}$ of a liter of juice.