Subtraction fractions problems - page 5 of 28
Number of problems found: 544
- Dive Attempt
Dive Attempt ; Fraction of the distance to the pool bottom Dive 1; 1/4 Dive 2; 2/3 Dive 3; 5/6 Tony's second dive was deeper than his first dive by what fraction of the pool? - 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? - Vidya
Vidya and Peter went for a picnic. Their mother gave them a 5-liter water bottle. Vidya consumed 2/5 of the water, and Peter consumed the remaining water. How much water did Vidya drink? How much water did Peter drink? - 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?
- 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? - Bola spend
Bola spends 7 1/2 hours on his first journey and 13 3/5 hours on his second trip. How much longer did he spend on the second trip than the first one? - A man 9
A man earns $2400 in his monthly salary. He spends 3/5 of his salary on food and rent. This month he decided to buy his family presents. What fraction of his money does he spend on presents? - 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. - 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?
- 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? - Cereals
Cole and Carl share an 18-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Cole has eaten 1/6 of the box, and Carl has eaten 2/3 of the box of cereal. How many ounces are left in the box? - 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? - 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
- 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. - White paint
A painter needs 4 1/2 gallons of white paint. He has 1 1/4 gallons of white paint in his truck and another 3/6 gallons of white paint in a storage room. How many more gallons of white paint does the painter need? - Roberta
Roberta bought 9/10 pound of raisins. She put 2/5 pounds in bags for her lunch. How many 2/5-pound bags can Roberta fill? Does she have any left over? - Rose and
Rose and Bill share a 30-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Rose has used 1/10 of the bucket, and Bill has used 2/5 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket? - Product, sum and quotient
If the product of 1 1/6 and 3 2/3 is added to the quotient of 5/7 and 6/7, what is the sum? Write the solution as a mixed number or a fraction in the lowest terms.
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