Fractions + reason - math problems

Number of problems found: 87

Nicolas
Nicolas and his father can repair one desk in 1/3 hour. How many desks can they repair in 3 hours?
A sum
A sum of money is shared between Peter, John and Henry in the ratio 2:3:5. a) express Henry's share as fraction of John's share. b) what fraction of the whole sum of money is John's share?
When 5
$fractions$ When 5 is subtracted from both my numerator and denominator I become 3/4. What fraction i am?
Boys and girls 8
In a class of 35 boys and girls that has a ratio of 2:5, 5 boys are absent and 5 boys are present. How many students are present?
Chad buys
Chad buys peanuts in 2-pound bags. He repackages them into bags that hold 5/6 pound off peanuts. How many 2 pound bags of peanuts should Chad buy so that he can fill the 5/6-pound bags without having any peanuts left over?
Gym center
80% of all visitors to the gym center enjoy a discount. 3/4 of all visitors go to practice regularly. All visitors who go to the gym regularly benefit from a discount. What percentage of all visitors do not go to the gym regularly but still use the discou
The carpenters
The carpenters cut the beam. Half of the cut pieces were 1 meter long, a quarter of the pieces were two meters long and the remaining 8 meters of the beam were cut into two equal parts. - What was the length of the original beam? - What part of the origin
A bag
A bag contains 9 blue marbles and 1 green marble. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble followed by a green marble, without replacing the first marble before drawing the second marble.
The difference 2
The difference between the two numbers is 25. The smaller number is 1/6th of the larger number. What is the value of the smaller number?
Shepherd
Kuba makes a deal with a shepherd to take care of his sheep. Shepherd said to Kuba that he would receive twenty gold coins and one sheep after a year of service. But Kuba resigned just after the seventh month of service. But shepherd rewarded him and paid
One dice
Calculate the probability of one dice roll with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on the walls. Write the results in a notebook in the shape of a fraction in the basic form: 2/3. a, The number 1 falls on the cube. b, The number 5 falls on the cube. c, An even
Borrowing bicycle
Jakub lent a bicycle to friends who wanted to ride it. For a three-hour bike ride, Jakub received 2 chocolates. Yup. If you wanted a bike for 2 hours, you had to give Jakub 12 candies. Peter gave Jakub 1 chocolate and 3 candies. How long can Peter ride Ja
Final exam
At the final exam, the student answers from three areas, which are evaluated in a ratio of 1: 2: 2. What grade will John receive if he answered as follows: 3,1,2.
A farmer's heritage
A farmer died leaving his 17 horses to his 3 sons. When his sons opened up the Will it read: My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of total horses; My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses; My youngest son should be given 1/9th (o
Adam
Adam has half the money in his right pocket than in his left pocket. If he transferred 40 crowns from the left pocket to the right, he would have the same in both pockets. Calculate how many crowns does Adam has in his left pocket more than in his right?
Aircraft angines
The two engines of the aircraft are enough to supply the fuel for five hours of operation. However, one of the engines has a malfunction and thus consumes one-third more fuel. How long can the plane be in the air before it runs out of fuel? After an hour
1st drug
First drug pack has an active ingredient ratio of L1: L2 = 2: 1 Second drug pack have a ratio of active ingredients L1: L2 = 1: 3 In which ratio do we have to mix the two packages so that the ratio of substances L1: L2 = 1: 2?
Three glasses
Three glasses of different colors have different volumes. Red 1.5 liter is filled from 2/5, blue 3/4 liter is filled from 1/3, and the third green 1.2 liter is empty. Pour green glass 1/4 of the contents from the red glass and 2/5 of the content from the
Athletic club
All athletic club boys lined up by size. In front of Peter was one-eighth of the total. Right behind Peter stood his brother Radek and behind Radek another five-sixths of the total number of boys. Mark the unknown total number of athletic club boys x. 1,
Iron pole
The iron pole is in the ground 2/5 of its length, partly above the ground 1/3 is yellow, and the unpainted section is 6 m long. How long is the entire column?