Fractions - Simple word problems

Word Problems:

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1. John bought a pizza. He cut it into 8 equal pieces. He ate 2 pieces and gave his friend 2 pieces. What fraction of the pizza is left? (Give the answer in the simplest form).

2. Maria had a box of chocolates. 1/6 of the chocolates had nuts in them. What fraction of the chocolates did not have nuts?

3. Year 3 had 90 children. 1/3 were girls.
What fraction of them were boys?
How many were girls?
How many were boys?

4. Year 5 had 84 children. 1/7 of them brought packed lunch.
How many children brought packed lunch?
What fraction of the children ate school dinner?
How many children ate school dinner?

5. Year 6 had 96 children. 1/6 of them did not hand in them homework on time.
How many children did not hand in their homework on time?
What fraction of the children handed in their homework on time?
How many children handed in their homework on time?

6. 50 children were swimming in a pool. 20 children were not wearing hats.
What fraction of the children were not wearing hats?
What fraction of the children were wearing hats?

7. 150 passengers were travelling in a double decker bus. 100 passengers were sitting in the lower deck. What fraction of the passengers were sitting in the lower deck? What fraction were sitting in the upper deck?

8. Jack had 168 marbles. He gave 1/4 of the marbles to John and another 1/4 to James. What fraction of the marbles would have John now?

9. Peter has 180. 1/4 were red. 1/2 were blue. Rest were green.
What fraction of the marbles were green?
How many marbles were green?

10. Jessica had 10 plants in her garden. 1/5 of them had red flowers. 2/5 of them had yellow flowers. Rest had pink flowers.
What fraction of the plants had pink flowers?
How many plants had pink flowers?