Fraction word problems - page 20 of 159
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- Buy ice cream
Yesterday, Hector walked 2 1/5 miles from the swimming pool to the ice cream stand and 1/2 of a mile from the ice cream stand back home. How many miles did Hector walk in all? - Spending in 3 days
Jesse spends 1/2 of his pocket money on Monday. On Tuesday, he spends 2/3 of what is left. On Wednesday, he spends 1/4 of what remains. What fraction of his pocket money does he have left? - The row
The row of shrubs will be 20 feet long. Maya planted three sets of shrubs. One shrub needs to be 7 1/2 feet from the other shrub. How can you use fractions to show how far apart each shrub is from each other? - Seeds 6
In his garden, Thomas plants carrot seeds 1/4 inch deep and bean seeds 7/8 inch deep. What expression can be used to find how much deeper Trey planted the bean seeds than the carrot seeds? - 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 - An Airbus
An Airbus A380 has one first-class section, one business-class section, and 4 economy-class sections. The first-class section of the Airbus A380 has 14 seats, 5/7 are being used. The business-class section has 64 seats. 5/16 is being used. Each Economy-cl - 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? - Liz makes
Liz makes footprints in the snow with her boots that are 3/4 foot long. Liz's feet are only 2/3 foot long. What expression can be used to find out how much longer Liz's boot prints are than her feet? - A container
A container with 2 1/2 L of water is being poured into other containers that can hold 1 1/3 L of water. Each container has to be filled, so how many L of water will the last container hold? - The rope
Fred was learning to tie rope. He had 5 1/2 feet of rope. If each knot took up 4/5 of a foot of rope, how many knots could he make? - Cereals
Cole and Carl share an 18-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Cole has eaten 1/6 of the box, and Carl has eaten 2/3 of the box of cereal. How many ounces are left in the box? - A ribbon
Bree has a piece of ribbon that is 6 inches long. She needs to cut it into equal pieces measuring 3/4 of an inch. How many pieces will she have? Answer in simplest form - 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. - 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? - 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? - Three 233
Three adults and one child want to share the remaining 4/5 of a pie between them. They agree the child gets 3/10 of that amount, while the adults share what's left after the child is served. How much of a whole pie do the adults get? Report your answer as - 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? - 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? - Matthew
Matthew is saving up for a car. Last year he saved 3/5 of the total amount. In addition to what he saved last year, he saved 3/10 of the total amount in the summer. If the car costs 15 000$, how much has he saved so far?
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