Fractions of Groups II

A

100

What is 2/4 of 24?

2/4 of 24 = 12

200

ThaZin Aye baked 24 muffins for the school bake sale. 2/3 of the muffins were blueberry. How many blueberry muffins did she make?

2/3 of 24 = 16 blueberry muffins

300

Keshav sold 30 chocolate bars for the school fund raiser. He sold 1/3 to family. How many chocolate bars were sold to his family?

1/3 of 30 = 10 chocolate bars sold to family

400

Rachel took a multiplication Math Facts quiz. There were 100 problems on the quiz. Rachel got 9/10 of the problems correct. She did not have time to finish the rest of the problems. How many problems did she get right? How many did she not finish?

9/10 of 100 = 90 problems she got right rest = 1/10 of 100 = 10 problems she did not finish

500

Nafisa and Thazin Aye baked 50 cookies. 1/5 of the cookies were peanut butter. 2/10 were oatmeal. 1/10 were sugar cookies. The rest were chocolate chip. How many were peanut butter? How many were oatmeal? Sugar? Chocolate Chip?

1/5 of 50 = 10 peanut butter 2/10 of 50 = 10 oatmeal 1/10 of 50 = 5 sugar rest = 25 chocolate chip

B

100

What is 1/5 of 25?

1/5 of 25 = 5

200

Samar and Anab went to the mall with $24.00. They spent 3/4 of their money. How much money did they spend?

3/4 of 24 = 18. They spent $18 at the mall.

300

Mrs. Allen has 16 students. 3/4 of the students are wearing jeans today. How many students are wearing jeans?

3/4 of 16 = 12 students wearing jeans today

400

Lai Lar and ThaZin Aye ordered 2 large pizzas. Each large pizza has 12 pieces. 1/4 of all the pizza has olives. 1/3 of the pizza has mushrooms. The rest of the pizza is plain cheese. How many pieces of pizza has olives? How many has mushrooms? How many plain cheese?

12 + 12 = 24 total pieces of pizza 1/4 of 24 = 6 pieces with olives 1/3 of 24 = 8 pieces with mushrooms rest of 24 = 10 plain cheese pieces

500

Mrs. Allen's class made 35 pieces of pizza. 1/5 of the pieces were pepperoni. 2/7 of the pieces were mushroom. The rest were cheese. How many pieces were pepperoni? How many were mushroom? How many were plain cheese?

1/5 of 35 = 7 pieces were pepperoni 2/7 of 35 = 10 pieces were mushroom rest = 18 pieces were plain cheese

C

100

What is 1/6 of 42?

1/6 of 42 = 7

200

Nishan has 25 baseball cards. He gives 1/5 to Som, and 1/5 to Sujit. How many baseball cards did he give to each boy?

1/5 of 25 = 5. He gave 5 baseball cards to Som and 5 to Sujit.

300

Mrs. Wheeland has a crate of fruit. There are 20 pieces of fruit in the crate. 1/4 are apples. The rest are oranges. How many apples and oranges does she have?

1/4 of 20 = 5 apples 3/4 of 20 = 15 oranges

400

Mrs. Allen's has 40 students. 1/5 of her students have black hair. 3/8 of her students have blonde hair. The rest have brown hair. How many students have black, blonde, and brown hair?

1/5 of 40 = 8 students have black hair 3/8 of 40 = 15 students have blonde hair rest = 17 students have brown hair

500

What is 6/9 of 72?

6/9 of 72 is 48

D

100

What is 1/3 of 36?

1/3 of 36 is 12

200

Nafisa and Rachel baked 24 cupcakes. 1/8 of the cupcakes were vanilla. The rest were chocolate. How many cupcakes were CHOCOLATE?

1/8 of 24 = 3 vanilla cupcakes 7/8 of 24 = 21 CHOCOLATE cupcakes

300

Ms. Aftaba's son plays a lot of soccer. He has played in 27 games. Ms. Aftaba has been to 8/9 of the games. How may games has she been to?

8/9 of 27 = 24. Ms. Aftaba has been to 24 soccer games.

400

Mrs. Wheeland bakes 32 cupcakes for her students. 1/4 of the cupcakes are chocolate and the rest are vanilla. How many cupcakes are VANILLA and what fraction is that?

1/4 of 32 = 8 chocolate cupcakes 3/4 of 32 = 24 vanilla cupcakes

500

Mrs. Wheeland plays basketball. She aims for the basket 40 times and makes 3/4 of her shots. How many shots did she MAKE? How many did she miss, and what fraction is that?

3/4 of 40 = 30 basketball hoops made Mrs. Wheeland missed 1/4, or 10 basketball hoops

E

100

What is 1/3 of 27?

1/3 of 27 is 9

200

What is 4/5 of 25?

4/5 of 25 is 20

300

What is 3/5 of 35?

3/5 of 35 is 21

400

What is 7/8 of 32?

7/8 of 32 is 28

500

Write a story problem for finding 4/5 of 50. Then solve the problem.

4/5 of 50 is 40 Stories will vary