Fraction word problems - page 81 of 158
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- Three-fifths 6349
There are 600 employees in a certain company. Last year, three-fifths of them took a language course. This year, the number of employees with the course increased by 40. What proportion of the employees now has a language course? - Fitness center
Monica works out every Wednesday for 3/4 of an hour at the fitness center. Every Saturday, he goes to the fitness center again and exercises for three times as long. How much time does Wayne spend at the fitness center each week? - Honey 2
The baker has 3/4 liter of honey and decided to bake a few honeycombs and biscuits from it. He needed 1/6 liter of honey for honeycombs and 1/4 liter for biscuits. How much honey did she have left after baking honeycombs and biscuits? - Colored blocks
Tucker and his classmates placed colored blocks on a scale during a science lab. The brown block weighed 8.94 pounds, and the red block weighed 1.87 pounds. How much more did the brown block weigh than the red block? - Athletic race
Before a race, you start 4 5/8 feet behind your friend. You are 3 2/3 feet ahead of your friend at the halfway point. What is the change in distance between you and your friend from the beginning of the race? - Four children
Father saved a certain amount of money in the bank. He divided this amount equally among his four children. One of the daughters donated 3/7 of the amount she received to her son and 4/9 of it to her daughter. What part of the total amount saved did the s - In fractions
An ant climbs 2/5 of the pole in the first hour and climbs 1/4 of the pole in the next hour. What part of the pole does the ant climb in two hours? - Simplest form of a fraction
Which one of the following fractions is not equal to 3/2 after reducing to the simplest form? a) 15/20 b) 12/8 c) 27/18 d) 6/4 - Calculated 7916
The raw wood beam weighs 85 kg. It is calculated that drying will reduce its weight in a ratio of 5:6. What will be its weight after drying? - Divided 82614
He had 810 sheep in the herd, and he divided them among the three bachas in such a way that bacha Ondrej Dostál got three parts, bacha Kubo got four parts, and bacha Maťo got two parts of sheep. How many sheep did each batch get if all parts were equal? - Proportion 79414
There are 45 seats on the bus. Six passengers are standing, and the remaining 18 are seated. What fraction of passengers are standing? What proportion of passengers are seated? How many seats are unoccupied? How many people would have to be on the bus to - Wenceslaus 78084
Before retiring, King Wenceslaus decided to divide the country between his three sons. He gave the eldest a third of the kingdom; the other two sons were twins, so he gave each of them a quarter of the kingdom. He kept the rest for himself to have somewhe - On Friday 2
On Friday, a bowling alley made $842.72 from lane rentals and $412.38 from the concession stand. On Saturday, their lane rentals were down by 1/8, but the concessions increased by One-half. What is the total amount that the bowling alley earned in lane re - Brigadiers 6965
Brigadiers Ivan, Lea, and Dano earned a total of 480 €. Ivan made a third of that money. Lea and Dano made the remaining money in a 3:1 ratio. How much € did Leo earn? - Transparent 5345
Clay balls and several transparent glass balls spilled out of Peter's pouch. Color the balls one by one if you know that 1/6 were red, 3/8 were blue, 7/24 were green, and 1/12 were yellow. How many glasses did he have? - Calculate 3502
The gardener planted 3/7 of the prepared tulips on the first and 1/7 on the second. What part of the prepared tulips did he already plant? What part does he have left? Can we calculate how many tulips there are? Which data is missing? - The distribution
The distribution of an office payroll of a certain company was as follows: 1/9 for technical assistants; 1/6 for executives; 2/15 for the accounting force and The rest is for the general clerical service. How much was allotted to each group if the total p - Petrol as fuel
A car can travel 480 miles on a full tank of petrol. The tank holds 60 liters. The fuel gauge shows there are 15 liters left in the tank. How many more miles can the car travel before it runs out of petrol? - Carrie
Carrie picked 2/5 of the raspberries from the garden, and Robin picked some, too. When they were finished, 1/3 of the raspberries still needed to be picked. What fraction of the raspberries did Robin pick? Use pictures, numbers, or words, and write your - Pizza
Three siblings ordered one pizza. Miška ate a quarter of the whole pizza. Lenka ate a third of the rest, and Patrik ate half of what Lenka had left. They had the rest packed up. How much of the pizza did they pack? Write the result as a fraction.
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