Fractions and
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Example
Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps ¼ of them for herself and shares the rest with friends. How many sweets will she give to her friends?
72/4= 18
18 = ¼ of 72
3x18= 54
54
A recipe calls for 2 cups of liquid, which includes ¼ cup molasses. What fraction of the liquid in the recipe is molasses?
The flight is supposed to leave Birmingham at 1:52 p.m., but you have been told that you need to be at the airport at least 2 ½ hours early. What is the latest time that you may arrive? Give your answer as hours : minutes and indicate a.m. or p.m.
The price of the house used to be ¾ of a million dollars, but now it is only $475,000. How many dollars has the price been reduced?
Your Turn
There are 5,280 feet in a mile. How many feet are in 7/11 of a mile?
A rectangle measures 4 2/3 x 3 3/7 inches. What is its area? Give your answer as a simplified mixed number or as a whole number.
Ryan bought a packet of 60 biscuits on Saturday. On Sunday he ate half of them. On Monday he ate 19 of them. How many biscuits did he have left for Tuesday?
When you are done check your answers with a calculator.
Johnny makes $4.75 per hour at his work. If he works 6 hours, how much money will he earn?
Tina’s cat weighs 2.6 kilograms. Her dog weighs 4 times as
much as her cat. How much does her dog weigh in kilograms?
Baby Isabel plays with blocks. Each block is 3.7 inches tall.
She has a collection of 41 blocks. If she could stack all of the
blocks up one on top of the other, how many inches tall
would her tower of blocks be?
Carrie likes to buy t-shirts at the local clothing store. They cost $9.95 each. One day, she bought 25 t-shirts. How much money did she spend?
Jim rides the bus to and from school each day. A one-way trip is 8.12 kilometers. How many kilometers does he travel in 3 days?