Problems about Making or doing something
Zariah is making signs for a yard sale in her neighborhood. She needs to make ten signs. So far, she has completed ⅖ of the signs. How many signs has she made so far?
4 signs
Paul and his teammates are doing exercises at the end of lacrosse practice. They have 1/4 hour to do leg lunges and sprints. If they do leg lunges for half the time, how long is that?
1/4 x 1/2 = 1/8 of an hour
George wants to make a few bandanas for his puppy. He has three yards of fabric. Each bandana uses 1/3 a yard of fabric. How many bandanas can he make?
3 divided by 1/3 = 9 bandanas
Maison bought 4 bags of pita chips, if he eats 1/5 of a bag each day, how long will the chips last?
4 divided by 1/5 = 20 days
Ms. Marinilli bought ¼ lb ham at the deli. She wants to use it to make 3 sandwiches, if she splits the ham equally, how much ham will be on each sandwich?
1/12 of a lb of ham
At Swim Camp, 15 campers sign up to go swimming. Of the 15 campers ⅔ of them are advanced swimmers. How many swimmers are advanced?
15 x 2/3 = 10 advanced swimmers
Last Saturday ¾ of the animals at the clinic were Labradors. Of these dogs, ⅙ were brown. What fraction of the animals at the clinic were brown?
3/4 x 1/6 = 1/8 brown dogs
Yadiel read ⅖ of his book on Monday and 1/3 on Tuesday. How much did he read so far?
1/3 + 2/5 = 11/15 of his book
Whitney was painting her bedroom and she had ¾ of a gallon of white paint at the start. At the end of the day, she had ⅙ of a gallon left. How much paint did she use?
3/4 - 1/6 = 7/12 gallon
If Penny scored 1/2 of the soccer goals and Kim scored 1/4 of the soccer goals, what fraction of the soccer goals did they score combined?
1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4 of the goals
If 3/5 of the animals at the zoo have fur and 1/3 have scales, what is the total fraction of animals that have fur and scales?
3/5 + 1/3 = 14/15 have fur and scales.
If I had 1 1/2 cups of flour and I used 3/4 of it for my recipe, how much did I have left?
1 1/2- 3/4 = 3/4 cups of flour
Addie made a block of scented soap. A block weighs 1/4 a pound. If she cuts the soap into 2 equal bars, how much will each bar weigh?
1/4 divided by 2 = 1/8 lb
Raul scored 5/8 of the teams goals last season. This season he scored 1/3 less goals than last season. What fraction of the goals did he score for his team this season?
5/8 - 1/3 = 7/24 of the goals this season
Oh no said the zookeeper! 4/6 of the animals in the pen were zebras and 1/3 of them escaped. What fraction of the animals that were left were zebras?
4/6-1/3 = 1/3 zebras were left
Theresa ate 1/8 of the entire pizza. It was cut into 24 pieces. How many pieces of pizza did Theresa eat?