Fraction word problems - page 25 of 175
A fraction is a mathematical expression that represents a part of a whole. It is written as two numbers separated by a line or a slash, with the number on top called the numerator and the number on the bottom called the denominator. The numerator represents the number of parts of the whole being considered, and the denominator represents the total number of parts the whole is divided into. For example, if you have a pizza and you want to share it with 3 people, each person gets 1/3 of the pizza. The numerator (1) represents the number of parts each person gets, and the denominator (3) represents the total number of parts the pizza is divided into. Fractions can be simplified, compared, added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided like any other number.Number of problems found: 3492
- Five roommates
Five roommates will move into a house with four bedrooms: one double room and three single rooms. The five roommates propose that they draw names to determine the order in which they pick the bedrooms, assuming that the first three names drawn will choose - Janet
Janet walks 7/10 miles in 1/4 hour. Ian walks 9/10 miles in 1/3 hour; who walks at the faster rate and why? - Library and gym
In a town, 7/8 of the population has a library card, and 3/4 has a gym membership. What fraction of the population has either a library card or a gym membership? - An electrician 6
An electrician can wire 4 1/2 rooms in 3 hours. How long does it take him to wire each room?
- Ronaldo
Ronaldo drove 75 3/5 km in 4 1/2 hours. What was the average speed? - A linear
A linear function has a y-intercept of -12 and a slope of 3/2. What is the equation of the line? - Water 70
Water is poured into a hemisphere-shaped bowl at a rate of 5m³ per second. If the bowl has a depth of 8m, how long does it take to fill up the bowl to the rim? - A bank
A bank reported that x/12 more first-time buyers took a mortgage out last month. If a quarter more mortgages were taken out, what number (x) is missing? - The average 10
The average of three fractions is 2 3/8. If two of the fractions are 2 1/5 and 1 2/3, what is the total value of the three fractions?
- Working together
Zeru can complete a certain job in 5 days, and Tulu can complete the same job in 3 days. How long will they complete the job if they work together? - A stock
A stock of food is enough to feed 50 people for 14 days. How many days will the food last if 20 more people are added? - Logical and
At a football game, 8/15 of the fans wore team T-shirts. Of those wearing team T-shirts, 1/4 also wore team hats. What fraction game wore both a team T-shirt and a team hat? - Locker combination
Todd forgot the first two numbers of his locker combination. The numbers can be any number 1 through 6. What is the probability that he will guess the first number correctly and the second number incorrectly? - Education - 5 modules
In a self-paced online class, there are five modules. The first four modules are worth the same, but the fifth module is worth as much as the other four combined. A student is one-fourth of the way through the last module and has done one-third of three o
- Peter 16
Peter travels to his uncle's home, 30 km away from his place. He cycles for 2/3 of the journey before the cycle develops a mechanical problem, and he has to push it for the rest of the journey. If he is cycling 10 km per hour faster than his walking speed - Two dice 3
Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the number obtained on one of the dice is a multiple of the number obtained on the other dice? 2/3 9/36 12/36 11/18 - A bakery
A bakery makes cylindrical mini muffins that measure 2 inches in diameter and one and one-fourth inches in height. If each mini muffin is completely wrapped in paper, then at least how much paper is needed to wrap 6 mini muffins? Approximate using pi equa - Fahrenheit 2
Fahrenheit temperature is found by dividing the degree Celsius by 5/9 and then adding 32 to the quotient. Find the Fahrenheit temperature if the degree of Celsius is 40. - Write a blog
You spend 2 1/2 hours online. You spend 1/5 of that time writing a blog. How long do you spend writing that blog?
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