Fraction word problems - page 18 of 158
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- Two cats
Sally has 2 cats. Each cat eats 1/4 of a tin of cat food each day. Sally buy 7 tins of cats food. How many days did she feed her 2 cats? Show your work.
- White paint
A painter needs 4 1/2 gallons of white paint. He has 1 1/4 gallons of white paint in his truck and another 3/6 gallons of white paint in a storage room. How many more gallons of white paint does the painter need?
- Martha 4
Martha is making cookies for a birthday party. Her cookie recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar for one batch of cookies. If Martha wants to triple her recipe, how much sugar will she need?
- Roberta
Roberta bought 9/10 pound of raisins. She put 2/5 pounds in bags for her lunch. How many 2/5-pound bags can Roberta fill? Does she have any left over?
- Mariana
Mariana wants to put 6 3/4 feet of border across the top of a wall. She has 3 6/7 feet of border. What fraction of the project can she complete?
- Mrs. Dinah
Mrs. Dinah Tah Tanda divided her lot among her 4 children. The first got 3 1/2 ha, the second 3 1/3 ha, the third 3 1/4 ha, and the fourth 3 2/5 ha. How big is Mrs. Tanda's lot?
- Rose and
Rose and Bill share a 30-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Rose has used 1/10 of the bucket, and Bill has used 2/5 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket?
- Product, sum and quotient
If the product of 1 1/6 and 3 2/3 is added to the quotient of 5/7 and 6/7, what is the sum? Write the solution as a mixed number or a fraction in the lowest terms.
- A biology
A biology experiment required pouring 2/9 liter of nutrient solution and 2/3 liter of pure water into a tank. At the end of the experiment, 3/10 liter of fluid had evaporated. How much fluid was left in the tank?
- Mr.de
Mr. Guzman bought 7 1/2 kg of meat. He used 2 3/4 kg for afritada, 3 1/8 kg for menudo, and the rest for pochero. How many kilograms of meat did he use for pochero?
- The jeep
The jeep driver filled his tank with 12 3/4 liters of gasoline. If he uses 1 1/3 liters for each round trip, how many round trips can he make before re-filling?
- Jessie
Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = to solve. Jessie's work looks like this: 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = 17/5 divided by 3/10 17/5 * 3/10 = 17:3/5:10 51/50 =5 1/50 Jessie's answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie's wo
- Reduce fractions
The following fraction is reduced to its lowest terms except one. Which of these: A. 98/99 B. 73/179 C. 1/250 D. 81/729
- Winter clothing drive
Grace's class collected 10 pounds of clothing for the winter clothing drive. Lucia's class collected 1 1/2 times as much clothing as Grace's class. How many pounds of clothing did Lucia's class collect? Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mix
- Robotics team
The 4 robotics team members held a car wash to raise money. To attract customers, each person held a sign by the road for an equal portion of the car wash, which lasted 3 hours in all. How long did each person hold the sign?
- Steve 3
Steve is making breakfast. The recipes call for 7/8 cup of milk for grits and 3/4 cup for biscuits. He only has 2 cups of milk. Does he have enough to make his breakfast?
- A piece 13
A piece of plank 2 1/2 cm thick is glued to another piece, which is 1 3/4 cm thick, to form a tabletop. Find the thickness of the tabletop if the glue used is 1/5 cm thick. primary school
- Plus minus mixed numbers
If possible, perform the indicated operation/s and reduce your answer to the lowest term. 1. 3 1/8 + 3/5= 2. 6 3/7 + 4/9= 3. 9 6/13 + 1 3/7= 4. 10 4/5 - 2/3= 5. 13 6/7 - 3/11=
- A student 6
A student read 2/7 of a novel on the first day. On the second day, he read 42 pages of the book. He read half of the book at the end of the third day. The whole book was read in these three days. What fraction can he read of the book on the second day? Ho
- Town hiking club
There are 36 people in the new town hiking club. 2/3 of the club must say YES if the club is to hike the Northern trail. Twenty people have voted YES. How many more YES votes are needed?
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