Themes, topics + fractions - practice problems
Number of problems found: 310
- A park on map
A park has an area of ⅙ mi². On a map, the park has an area of 1 ¼ cm². On the map, how many square centimeters represent 1 mi²? - The restaurant
The restaurant is 3/8 miles from the office. She makes the walk in 7 1/2 minutes. At the same rate, how long will it take her to walk the two miles from her home to her office? - An electrician 6
An electrician can wire 4 1/2 rooms in 3 hours. How long does it take him to wire each room? - 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?
- It takes 2
It takes 7 1/5 seconds for a jet to fly 1 km. How long does it take for this jet to fly 3/4 of a km? - 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? - Tom can
Tom can run 3/4 of a mile in 1/8 of an hour. What is the unit rate in miles per hour? - 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? - An airplane 3
An airplane descends at a rate of 2,700 feet per minute. Once the airplane starts its descent, what will be its elevation, in feet, after 3 1/5 minutes?
- 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? - Ekene and Amina
The probability that Ekene will be alive in 5 years' time is 3/4, and the probability that his wife Amina will be alive in 5 years' time is 2/5. Find the probability that in 5 years' time: a) both of them will be alive b) only Ekene will be alive - 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 - Simple interest 5
At what simple interest rate should Renel invest his P45,000 so that it earns P5,500 in 1 year and 5 months? - Peter 13
Peter and Paul finished the first round of orders in 3 hours and 15 minutes. Peter, however, works a lot faster than Paul does; Peter is 2 and a half times as fast as Paul. For the second day of shipping orders, peter is unavailable; paul will have to do
- 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? - Ronaldo
Ronaldo drove 75 3/5 km in 4 1/2 hours. What was the average speed? - Iron ball 2
What is the mass of the iron ball with a diameter of 1,0 dm? The density of iron is 7870 kg/m³. . - Kilograms 83204
Nine kilograms of bell metal contain 7 kg of copper, the rest of which is tin. How much copper and how much tin were used to cast five bells? Each of the two larger bells weighed 535kg, and each of the remaining three smaller ones weighed 286kg. - Weighing 83201
Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin in a ratio of 1:4. How much copper does a bronze piece of jewelry weighing 25 g contain?
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