Subtraction fractions problems - page 6 of 29
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- 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 - Shona and juice
A jug contains 5 1/2 cups of juice. Shona pours 5/6 of a cup into each of the 5 glasses and 3/4 of a cup into one glass. How much is left in the jug? - A baker 4
A baker has 20 cups of flour. If a loaf of bread requires 3 1/3 cups of flour and the baker made 4 loaves, how many cups of the flower were left over? - Add, sub and div
Find the value of (52 - 14 - 8 - 7)/(15 - 4 * 2) Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form. - A man 16
A man sold half of his land. He gave 1/3 of the remaining to his son and 1/4 of the balance to his daughter. What fraction of his land is now left with him? - Benson
Benson spends ⅓ of his pocket money on transport and ⅔ on food I. What fraction of his pocket money did he spend on transport and food? ii. What fraction is left? - Evaluate expression 10
Evaluate expression: (a-b)+c if a=7/10, b=3/5, and c=-1.9. Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form. - Charlie 2 Charlie has $10 1/2; she went to the store and bought a chap-stick for $1.75. How much money does she have now?
- Mrs. Susan 2
Mrs. Susan received a shipment of 60 novelty baseball caps. Of the caps, 1/3 had bug antennae, 2/5 had moose antlers, and the rest had plastic propellers. How many of the caps had plastic propellers? - The painter
Alex had 5/6 liter of white paint. He used 1/8 of it to paint the walls and 2/5 of the remaining to paint the fence. How much paint is left? - The ribbon
Jody had some ribbon. She used 1/4 of it to tie and 1/2 to next tie. She had 1/10 of the ribbon left. How much ribbon did she have at first? For your answer, please write as a fraction in the simplest form. - 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? - Lily spent
Lily had $812. She spent 1/7 of the money on a cupboard and 1/6 of the remaining amount on a dressing table. How much did Lily spend on the dressing table? - Tim had
Tim had $360. He spent 1/4 on CD's and 2/3 of the remainder on snacks. What was left in his piggy bank? - 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? - Cody states Cody states that 1/4 + ( - 6/8 ) = 1 whole, while Eddie says that it is - 1/2. Who is correct? Justify your answer and explain your thinking.
- Mother 16 Mother cooks food in 1 3/4 hours and prepares the children's snack in 4/6 of an hour. How much longer does she cook the food than prepare the children's snacks?
- Shandra
Shandra saved $24. She lends 1/3 of her savings to her brother. Shandra wants to buy an $18 bracelet. Will she have enough money to purchase the bracelet? Explain - 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?
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