Wednesday 12 June 2019

PF2 Fractions : Short Questions and Word Problems

1. How many fifths are there in 3/5?

2.  Express 2 7/8 as a decimal.

3.  Express 3.45 as a mixed number in its simplest form.


4.  The length of a rectangle is 5/6m and its breadth is 3/5m. Find the area of the rectangle.


5.  A 10 l container needs 12 full pails of water to fill it completely. What is the capacity of the pail?

6.  Billy gave 1/4 of a pizza to Tom. Then, he cut the remainder into equal portions for his 6 friends. What fraction of the pizza did each friend get? Give your answer in its simplest form.

7.  A-Street is 5/6km long. B-street is 1/9km shorter than A-Street. What is the length of B-Street ?

8.  Fatimah spent 3/8 of her pocket money on sweets and 2/5 of the remainder on biscuits. What fraction of her money did she spend on biscuits?

9.  Ivan had 84 marbles. He gave 4/7 of them to Jimmy. How many marbles had he left?

10. Kelly and Lisa share $360. Lisa gets $40 less than Kelly. What  fraction of the money does Kelly get?

11. Mr Lim bought 4 pizzas to share with his friends at a party. Each person received 1/5 of a pizza. How many friends did he have at the party?

12. 2/3 of the pupils in a class are in the Music Club and 3/5 of them are in the Chess Club. If every pupil joins at least one of the 2 clubs, what fraction of the pupils are members of both clubs?

13. A land area of 9/10mis divided equally among 6 people. Joe receives one piece of it and shares it with his 2 brothers. How much land does each of them have?

14. Mimi took 1/2h to wrap all the presents. She took 1/8h to wrap each present. How many presents did she wrap?

15.  1/3 of the audience at a concert were women. 3/5 of the remainder were men and the rest were children. What fraction of the audience were children?

Additional
16.  There are 3 times more apples than oranges. There are 8 apples. How many oranges are there?

17.  Ali had 2/5 as many stickers as Mary.  Ali has 6 stickers. How many stickers does Mary has?

18.  There are 4/7 as many adults as children on the bus. There are a total of 33 of them on the bus. How many are children?

19.  Mary has four times more apples than Peter.  There are 12 apples. How many apples does each has?

20.  In a basket, 2/5 of the fruits are apples. 2/3 of the remaining fruits are bananas. There are 20 fruits. How many bananas? 
21.  In a basket, 3/5 of the fruits are apples. 1/4 of the remaining fruits are bananas. There are 30 fruits. What are the numbers of the other fruits?
22. 3/4  of Ali’s money is the same as 9/11 of Mary’s money. There have $46 altogether. How much does each of them have?
23. 3/5   of John’s marbles is the equal to 2/7 of Harry’s. John has 30 marbles. How many does Harry have?
24. Ali spent 3/5 of his money and Mary spent 6/7 of her money. In the end, Ali had 1/2 as much money left as Mary. If Ali has $10 in the beginning. How much does Mary have?

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