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Monday, 15 October 2018

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?



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