Fractions - Basic Word Problems

1. Five children wanted to share 1 chocolate bar among themselves. Each child wanted 3 pieces.

a. How many pieces should they divide the chocolate bar into?

b. What fraction of chocolate bar would 1 child get? Draw the picture the show that.

c. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.

2. Three friends wanted to share 1 pizza and everyone wanted 2 pieces each.

a. How many pieces should they divide the pizza into?

b. What fraction of pizza would 1 person get? Draw the picture to show that.

c. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms.

3. Eight friends wanted to share a pizza and everyone wanted 1 piece each.

a. How many pieces should they divide the pizza into?

b. What fraction of the pizza would 1 person get? Draw the picture to show that.

4. A pizza was divided into 10 pieces. Ann got 5 pieces, Sam got 2 pieces and Andrew got 3 pieces.

 

a. Draw a picture to show how many pieces each children got.

b. What fraction did Ann get, Sam get and Andrew get?

c. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms where possible.

5. A chocolate bar was divided into 12 pieces. Sam got 6 pieces, Ann got 4 pieces and Andrew got 2 pieces.

a. Draw a picture to show how many pieces each got.

b. What fraction did Sam get, Ann get and Andrew get?

c. Reduce the fraction to lowest terms where possible.

6. A pizza was divided into 8 pieces. Sam ate 3 pieces and Ann ate 2 pieces.

Draw picture to help you answer the following questions

a. What fraction of the pizza did Sam eat?

b. What fraction of the pizza did Ann eat?

c. What fraction of the pizza did they both eat together?

d. What fraction of the pizza was left over?

7. A chocolate was divided into 10 pieces. Ann ate 3 pieces and Sam ate 2 pieces.

Draw picture to help you answer the following questions.

a. What fraction of the chocolate did Ann eat?

b. What fraction of the chocolate did Sam eat?

c. What fraction of the chocolate did they both eat together?

d. What fraction of the chocolate was left over?

Apostrophes

1. Coat that belongs to Mike - Mike's coat
2. Bags that belong to two boys - the boys' bags
3. Water that belongs to the Earth -
4. Money that belongs to the banks -
5. A houses that belongs to the families -
6. The car that belongs to the son -
7. A vacuum that belongs to the old lady -
8. The trees which belong to the school -
9. The crown that belongs to no one -
10. Fruit that belongs to the trees -
11. Poison that belongs to the snakes -
12. A web that belongs to a spider -
13. A website which belongs to the founder -
14. The toys which belong to the dogs -
15. The fan which belongs to the person -
16. The chairs which belong to the orchestra -
17. The mice which belong to Chris -
18. The computers which belongs to the workers -
19. The duvet which belongs to Martin -
20. The paint which belongs to the painters -
21. A calculator which belongs to the scholar -
22. Paper which belongs to the scribes -
23. Equipment which belongs to the chefs -
24. Pillows which belong to the ladies -
25. The mattress which belongs to the bed -

Maths Quick Fire Questions Day 4

Time 10 minutes:

1.What is half of 300 plus quarter of 80?

2. What is three quarters of 80?

3. How much is 380 more than 320?

4. How much more is 200 than 156?

5. How much more is 295 than 242?

6. How much less is 124 than 200?

7. How much is three quarters of 80 more than 20?

8. You have a pound coin. You buy a pencil for 16p and an eraser for 12p. How much do you have left?

9. You had £24. You have spent half of the money. How do you have left?

10. 231 ÷ 7 =

11. 15 x 11 =

12. 123 x 9 =

13. 345 x 8 =

14. You have 36 stickers. You can stick 4 stickers in one page of an album. How many pages do you need to stick all the stickers?

15. What is quarter of 260?

Synonyms Week 1 Day 4

Find as many as synonyms as you can for the following words:

tall                   enough           cut
short                many              smile
wide                lazy                 stare
narrow            grow                get
divide              listen               allow
                       

Maths Quick Fire Questions Day 3

Time: 10 minutes

1. 3 pens cost £2.70. What is the cost of 1 pen?

2. Andy walks 800m daily. What distance does he walk in 5 days?Give your answer in km.

3. A juice carton holds 3 litres. How many 300 ml cups can be filled from this carton?

4. A bag of potatoes weighs 2.5 kg. 750 g has been used. What is the mass of the potatoes left in the bag?

5. Banana 15p   Apple 45p

    Orange 30p   Lemon  7p

a. How much more does an orange cost than a banana?

b. How much more does an apple cost than an orange?

c. You buy an apple and an orange and pay with £1 coin. How much change you will get?

d. What cost more  - an apple and an orange together or an orange and a banana?

 6. A show starts at 6:30 pm and is 1hour and 20 minutes long. What time will it end?

7. What is quarter of 364?

8. What is a third of 507?

9. What is a fifth of 290?

10. 39 ÷ 10 =

11. 403 ÷ 100 =

12. 3.21 x 10 =

13. One fifth of a kilogram is equal to how many grams?

14. Three fifths of a kilogram is equal to how many grams?

15. You have £3 and you spent £2.37. How much do you have left?

Give your answer in pounds.

 

Synonyms Week 1 Day 3

Find as many synonyms as you can for the following words:

sell            strong         push

soft           weak           see

rough        full              young

bold          empty         praise

thin           pull             cowardly

Maths Quick Fire Questions Day 2

Time: 10 minutes

1. 4.5 kg = --------- g

2. 5.25 kg = -------- g

3. 120 cm = ----------m

4. 5.36 m = --------- cm

5. 4750 m = --------- km

6. 3/4 + 1/8 =

7. 3/4 = ?/16

8. 4/20 = 1/?

9. How many tenths are there in 3/5?

10. How many quarters are equal to 4/16?

11. How many halves are there in 3 1/2?

12. What time was 20 minutes before 9:00 pm?

13. What time is 10 minutes after 3.55 am?

14. How many more is 356 than 350?

15. How many less is 25 than 100?

16. 24 x 10 = ---------

17. 2.15 x 10 = --------

18. 3.5 x ----- = 350

19. ------ x 100 = 125

20. 345 ÷ 10 = ---------

Synonyms Week 1 Day 2

Find as many synonyms as you can for the following words:

like              new           teacher

hate             near           increase

friend          far             decrease

enemy         shout         climb

old              whisper      fall

Maths Quick Fire Questions Day 1

Time: 5 min

1. Which is bigger? 345 or 543

2. How many days are in a week? How many days in 10 weeks?

3. How many hours are there in a day? How many hours are there in half day?

4. How many minutes are there in an hour? How many minutes are there in a quarter of an hour?

5. How many 10p are there in £2.60?

6.. How many 10p are there in £3.40?

7. Add 345 and 456.

8. Subtract 256 from 1000.

9. 12 x 100 =

10. 345 ÷ 3 =

11. 1/2 kg = --------- g

12. Which is bigger? 3/5 0r 2/5

13. Which is smaller? 1/10 or 1/5

14. 3/4 + 1/4 =

15.  1 - 1/4 =

Synonyms Week 1 Day 1

Synonyms are words which have similar meanings.

Find as many synonyms as you can for the following words:

walk       say        kind

run          ask        rude

big          slow      happy

small       fast       sad

good        bad       buy