Finding fractions (answer might be a whole number of a decimal)
- ⅖ of 60 is 24
- ⅕ of 0.5 is 0.1
- ¼ of 0.8 is 0.2
- ⅙ of 1.2 is 0.2
- ⅚ of 1.8 is 1.5
- ¾ of 0.4 is 0.3
- 5/9 of 9.9 is 5.5
- 5/7 of 140 is 100
- ¾ of 1600 is 1200
- ⅓ of 0.9 is 0.3
Word problems
- Currently 7/26 students are coming back to school at Level 2 from Room 8. What is that as a percentage? 27%
- Miss Ashley estimates (guesses) that at least 75% of TPS will stay home during Level 2. If there are 220 students at TPS, how many does she think will stay home? 165
- Miss Ashley and Mr J both buy big cakes for their class (that are the same size). Miss Ashley cuts her cake in quarters, then each piece in quarters again, and then cuts each of those pieces in half. Mr J cuts his cake into thirds, then cuts those pieces into thirds, then cuts those pieces in half. Which teacher ends up with more pieces of cake? Mr j 18 and miss ashley has 32 so miss ashley has more
- There are 8 adults in Miss Ashley’s family (including herself). If they bought 6 pizzas, how much pizza would they get each?6/8
- In her extended family - there are 13 adults and 7 children. The adults share 6 pizzas and the children share 3 pizzas.
- How much pizza does each adult get? 6/13
- How much pizza does each child get? 7/3
- Bob the builder has 12.34m of pipe to lay for a project. Before lunch, he lays 4.98m of it. How much does he have to finish after lunch? 7.36m
- The ceiling is 3.4m high. The bookcase is 2.95m high. How much space is there between the top of the bookshelf and the ceiling? 0.45m
- The baker has 5kg of sugar left. If he uses 3% of this sugar to make a batch of cookies, how many batches can he make before he runs out of sugar? 33 because 3% of 5 is 0.15 so 5kg divided by 0.15 is 33
- In the class of 30 students, one fifth of the students are 11 years old. 4/10 are 10 years old. How many students are either 9 or 12? 12 students
- Petrol costs $1.89 per litre.
- How much will 50 litres cost you? 94.5
- Can you fill a tank of 40 litres for $70? No you need 5.6 more
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