Word Problems Fraction of a Remainder

James David had 24 jelly beans yesterday. He gave 1/6 of them to Jacob and 1/4 of the remainder to Tyler. How many jelly beans did he give Tyler?

• 4

• 6

• 5

• 9

Lauren had 36 chocolate chips. She ate 1/3 of them and gave 1/2 of the remainder to T'Lundra. How many chocolate chips did she give T'Lundra?

• 12

• 8

• 24

• 9

Keion had $50. He spent 2/5 on a book and 1/2 of the remainder on a board game. How much money did he spend on the board game?

• $10

• $15

• $45

• $30

LeAsia had $300. She spent 1/6 of her money on a game and 2/5 of the remainder on candy. How much did she spend on candy?

• $50

• $250

• $150

• $100

Jamie the dolphin has 75 friends. 4/5 of them are whales and 2/3 of the rest are squids. How many of Jamie's friends are squids?

• 5

• 15

• 10

• 20

A shopkeeper had 150 lb of grain. He sold 2/5 of it and packed the remainder equally into 5 bags. How many pounds of grain were in each bag?

• 27

• 90

• 18

• 54

Chrisyia had $1000. She spent 3/5 of it on a new computer and 1/5 of the rest on a new dress. How much did she spend on the dress?

• $80

• $200

• $50

• $60

McKenzie had some marshmallows. She gave 3/8 of them to Gabbie and 2/3 of the rest to Khalia. Mckenzie ate what was leftover. If McKenzie ate 30 marshmallows, how many marshmallows did she have at first?

• 90

• 144

• 15

• 214