Fraction word problems - page 75 of 158
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- Recipe ingredients
Monica's cookie recipe calls for Three-fourths of a cup of flour. Her mother's recipe calls for Two-thirds as much as Monica's. How many cups of flour does her mother's recipe require? - Paper clips
Mrs. Bright is organizing her office supplies. In her desk drawer, there are five open boxes of paper clips. Each box has half of the paper clips remaining. Thus, there are five boxes of paper clips left. - An orchard
During a visit to an orchard, Greg picked 3/5 of a bag of delicious golden apples, 4/5 of a bag of Macintosh apples, 2/5 of a bag of Cortland apples, 1/5 of a bag of Bartlett pears, and 4/5 of a bag of Bosch pears. How many bags of fruit should Greg pick - Karina
Karina has 5 4/7 meters of cloth. She needs 3 1/6 meters of it to make a curtain for her window. How many meters of cloth was left to her after making the curtain? - An electrician
An electrician needs 1 1/3 rolls of electrical wire to wire each room in a house. How many rooms can he wire with 6 2/3 rolls of wire? - Mixing 5
Carlos mixed 4/15 of chocolate syrup with 1/2 of milk. Determine a reasonable estimate of the total amount of liquid. - Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc in a ratio of 3:2. How many grams does a component that requires 270 g of copper weigh?
- Chester
Chester has a piece of wood measuring 1 2/3 cm. He needs to cut it into pieces measuring 3/4 cm long. How many pieces of wood did Chester cut? - Bitoo and Reena
Bitoo ate 3/5 part of the apple, and the remaining part was eaten by his sister Reena. How many parts of an apple did Renna eat? Who had the larger share? By how much? - Gas tank
The car's tank was two-twelfths full. When Dad filled the tank with gas, the volume of gas increased by five-eighths of the tank's volume. What fraction of gasoline did the car use when the tank is now 1/3 full? - It consumes
A textile machine uses 7/8 meters of fabric to sew shorts. He uses 3/5 meters more fabric to sew a T-shirt. Find out whether 30 meters of fabric will be enough to sew a set of 12 jerseys if one jersey consists of one T-shirt and one pair of shorts. - Purchase - owners
The house is divided between the owners in shares of 1/8, 1/12, 1/6, 1/8, 1/4, and 1/4. Except for one with a 1/4 share, they decide to sell their shares. How will he divide the purchase price of CZK 12960000? - A car 6
A car holds 15 liters of fuel. The car consumes 3 liters of fuel each 100 km. We started a trip of 350 km with a full tank of fuel. How much fuel remains in the tank at the end of the trip? - Azile
Azile had R150 (South African Rand - currency/money - code ZAR). He spent 2/5 of the money on a shirt, and then he spent 2/3 of the money left to buy a cap. a) How much did the shirt cost? b)How much did he have left after buying the shirt? c) How much di - Pizza party
At a pizza party, Diego and his friends ate one and one-fourth cheese pizza and three-eighths pepperoni pizzas. How much pizza did they eat in all?
- Earnings 2
Trina's paycheck earnings vary directly from the number of hours she works. If she works 19 hours and earns 187.15 pesos, what should she earn if she works 40 hours? - Jacob
Jacob is baking chocolate cookies. The recipe uses 2/8 of a cup of sugar to bake a batch of cookies. Suppose Jacob wants to make one-half of a batch. How many cups of sugar does he need? - Circular garden
Alice creates a circular vegetable garden. Tomatoes are planted in 1/3 of the circular garden, carrots are planted in 2/5 of the circular garden, and green peppers are planted in 1/10 of the circular garden. What fraction represents the remaining unplante - Kevin
Kevin is baking brownies and needs peanuts. The recipe calls for 1 and 2/3 cups of peanuts. Kevin only has 5/6 of a cup of peanuts. How many more cups of peanuts does Kevin need to have the correct amount? - Cereals
Ari and Joey share a 30-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Ari had eaten 3/10 of the box, and Joey had eaten 3/5 of the box of cereal. How many ounces are left in the box?
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