Word Problems
George has 30 candies. If 2/5 of his candies are chocolate, how many candies are not chocolate?
18 of George's candies are not chocolate.
15 x 1/9
1 2/3
Henry has a collection of marbles. If 5/7 of his marbles are clear and the remaining 36 marbles are colorful, how many marbles are there total?
There are 126 marbles total.
3 x 5/7
2 1/7
There are 45 members of a book club. 5/9 of them are girls and the rest are boys. How many boys are in the club?
There are 20 boys in the club.
7 x 5/11
3 2/11
Maddie received 12 books.
9 x 5/8
6
After 4/7 of a bag of flour was used to bake cookies, there were 9 kg left. How many kilograms of flour were in the bag at first?
21 kg of flour were in the bag at first.
15 x 5/12
6 1/4
There are some soccer balls in the gym. 2/9 of the balls are black, 1/3 of them are red, and the remaining 12 balls are yellow. How many balls are there total?
7 x 5/9
3 8/9
If 9/15 of a number is 36, what is 1/5 of the number?
1/5 of the number is 12.
9 x 3/13
2 1/13
A park that is 1 4/5 miles away from the zoo has a trail that is 7/10 miles long. A hippo walked to the park, walked the trail 2 times, and then walked back to the zoo. How far did he walk total?
He walked 5 miles total.
13 x 9/10
11 7/10