Fraction Word Problems
Tatum has a half a pound of socks to divide equally into two piles. How much socks will be in each pile?
1/4 a pound of socks
Which is bigger?
0.07 or 0.70
0.70
107.05 + 13.106 =
120.156
What is a unit rate?
The rate for one of something.
What is 50% of 102?
51
Tatum went to the mall to buy a pair of socks. The price of the pair of socks was $60. They were on sale so the price was less 1/10 of the original price. Every loyalty card holder gets an additional discount which is 1/5 of the original price. How much did Tatum pay if she has a loyalty card?
$42
What is the decimal equivalent to 3/5?
0.6
7.03 - 5.8 =
1.23
You can buy 4 crates of oranges for $32. What is the unit rate for 1 crate of oranges?
$8
What is 25% of 40?
10
In 2 days of working, Sydney earned $15 on Monday from selling dish soap and $27 from recycling olive oil on Tuesday. She put 5/6 of her earnings in her dish soap bank and used the rest to buy some socks with Tatum. How much did she save?
$35
Which is bigger?
7/25 or 0.29
0.29
498/12 =
41.5
Four movie tickets cost $48. At this rate, what is the cost of 5 tickets?
$60
How far is 75% of a 2,000 Kilometer trip?
1,500 Kilometers
A fudge company makes 8 pounds of fudge. A worker separates the fudge into packages of 1/4 a pound each. Then the worker drops 1/4 of the packages he made. How many fudge packages remain?
24 packages
What is the fraction equivalent to 0.42 in simplest terms?
21/50
1 3/4 divided by 1/4 =
7
An elevator travels 310 feet in 10 seconds. At that speed, how far can it travel in 12 seconds?
372 feet
There is a 10$ off sale on laptops. If an Apple laptop is regularly priced at $950, what is the sale cost?
$855
There were 80 oranges in the basket. Tatum ate 5 of them. Sidney shared 1/3 of the oranges left in the basket with her friends. How many oranges were left in the basket after Allie took 5?
45 oranges
List three fractions equivalent to 0.75
75/100, 3/4, 150/200
5 1/3 - 2 2/3 =
2 2/3
Ella is reading a 47 page book. She reads the first 20 pages in 35 minutes. At that rate, how long will it take her to finish the whole book?
One hour and 22.25 minutes.
15 is 75% of what number?
20