Fractions - math word problems - page 15

  1. Two friends
    clock-night-schr_13 Peter can do all his work himself in 6 hours. Martin can do the same work himself in 8 hours. Peter worked first and then replaced by Martin. Whole work was done in 6.5 hours. Calculate how long Peter worked before replaced by Martin.
  2. Gasoline tank 2
    fuel_pump2 A gasoline tank is 1/6 full. When 25 liters of gasoline were added, it became 3/4 full. How many liters more is needed to fill it? Show your solution.
  3. Supermarket 2
    pie_3 A supermarket had a buko pie sale. In the morning 2/3 of the pies were sold and in the afternoon 1/6 of the pies were sold. If 150 pies were left, how many pies had been sold? Show your solution.
  4. Pizza 4
    pizza_6 Marcus ate half pizza on monday night. He than ate one third of the remaining pizza on Tuesday. Which of the following expressions show how much pizza marcus ate in total?
  5. Families 2
    family_24 There are 729 families having 6 children each. The probability of a girl is 1/3 and the probability of a boy is 2/3. Find the the number of families having 2 girls and 4 boys.
  6. In fractions
    ant An ant climbs 2/5 of the pole on the first hour and climbs 1/4 of the pole on the next hour. What part of the pole does the ant climb in two hours?
  7. Three machines
    rozvrh_1 The power of the three machines is 2: 3: 5. Two most powerful machines produce 400 parts per hour. How many components make all three machines in 3 hours?
  8. Vehicle tank
    fuel_pump2 A vehicle tank was 3/5 full of petrol. When 21 liters of fuel was added it was 5/6 full. How many liters of petrol can the tank hold?
  9. Fraction to decimal
    decimals Write the fraction 3/22 as a decimal.
  10. The tank
    nadrz_15 The tank is full up to 4/5 of the total height and contains 240 hl of water. The area of the base is 6 square meters. What is the height of the tank?
  11. Painters
    malovka2_3 Six of the painters paint 90 m of fence in five hours. For how long would the 4 painters paint a 45 meter fence? How many meters fence painted painters 5 for two hours?
  12. Notebooks
    Notebook_1 Liza a store owner buys 560 notebooks. He sold 3/8 of the notebook then she adds the stocks of notebook of 1/4 of the number of notebooks she bought. What is the total number of notebook she bought?
  13. Garden
    garden_18 The rectangular garden has dimensions of 27 m and 30 m. Peter and Katka split it in a ratio of 4:5. How many square meters did Katkin measure part of the garden?
  14. Pounds
    jablka_8 3 pounds subtract 1/3 of a pound.
  15. Equation
    fractions Find x: x + 1/2 = 1/3
  16. Teacher
    cake Teacher Rem bought 360 pieces of cupcakes for the outreach program of their school. 5/9 of the cupcakes were chocolate flavor and 1/4 wete pandan flavor and the rest were a vanilla flavor. How much more pandan flavor cupcakes than vanilla flavor?
  17. Two workers
    clock-night-schr_12 The first worker would himself completed the work in 8 hours, the other in 6 hours. After two hours of joint work left the first worker to a doctor and other completed work himself. How many hours worked the other worker himself?
  18. Ratio 11
    zlomky_7 Simplify this ratio 10 : 1/4
  19. School
    skola_16 There are 150 pupils in grade 5 . 2/3 of it are female. By what fractions are the males?
  20. Savings
    savings Eva borrowed 1/3 of her savings to her brother, 1/2 of savings spent in the store and 7 euros left. How much did she save?

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