Work + fractions - practice problems
Number of problems found: 142
- Closer to one
Here are two sums: A=1/2 + 1/3 and B=1/5 + 1/3. Which of the two sums is closer in value to 1? You must show your work and state clearly whether the answer is A or B. - Riley
Riley has 4 mixing bowls. Each bowl has 1 5/8 cups of flour. How many cups of flour does Riley have? Show your work. - Multiply 17
Multiply each of the following fractions. Show your work and write your answer as a fraction in simplest form and as a mixed number. You may or may not use the mixed number boxes. Multiply the Fractions ; Result of Multiplying ; Simplest Form ; Mixed Numb - 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? - Frac simplest form
A) Write 1 8/9 as an improper fraction in its simplest form. B) Use your answer to work out 5 / (1 8/9) - Work
2/5 of the employees in a company drive to work, 1/3 travel by bus, and the rest walk. Find the fraction of those who walk. - Cement and sand
Rasmus mixes cement with sand for some repair work. He used 3 5/6 kg of cement and 1/2 kg more sand than cement. In all, he needs 10 kg of the mixture. Does he have enough mixture? If yes, then how much more does it have? If not, then how much more does h - Work out 2
Work out the sum of 2/6 and 1/6. Give your answer in its simplest form.
- Work out
Work out the sum of 1/5, 3/4, and 1/2. Give your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form. - Kevin 3
Kevin makes a list of the tasks he has to do after school and how long it will take him to do each task. Task Time; (hours) Read ; 1/3 Do homework ; 3/4 Play soccer ; 4/6 Practice piano ; 1/2 How long will it take Kevin to complete all of his tasks? Show - Jessie
Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = to solve. Jessie's work looks like this: 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = 17/5 divided by 3/10 17/5 * 3/10 = 17:3/5:10 51/50 =5 1/50 Jessie's answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie's wo - 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?
- Medical facility
Stacie is a resident at the medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal today, she ate 1/2 of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 o - Plums 4
Last year, Peter's Market ordered 15 1/2 pounds of plums from a local orchard. This year, the market plans to order 1 1/4 times as many pounds of plums as were ordered last year. They want 2/5 of this order to be red plums. What is the total amount, in po - Corrects 83017
The new teacher corrects papers for 9 hours, and the older one fixes them in 6 hours. How much will they repair together? - Soda bottles factory
Two different filling machines fill soda bottles to order. If the first machine worked alone, it would need a third less time to complete the order. How long would it take each machine to complete the job independently if the faster machine worked for 96 - Shifts 82622
Four trucks will move the pile in 25 shifts. How many cars are needed to reduce the time by 2:5?
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