Fractions Word Problems

Of the 95 children in 6th grade, 3/5 went to holiday parties. How many students went to holiday parties in all?

• 57 students

• 55 students

• 60 students

• 51 students

Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps ¼ of them for herself and shares the rest with friends. How many sweets will she give to her friends?

• 52 sweets

• 54 sweets.

• 56 sweets.

• 58 sweets.

A train arrives at the station with 150 passengers on board. 2/5 of the passengers get off the train in Seattle. How many passengers leave the train at the station?

• 70 passengers

• 100 passengers

• 65 passengers

• 60 passengers

Dean buys 25 stickers on Monday and 17 on Tuesday, On Wednesday he gives 1/6 of his stickers to Jack. How many did he give to Jack?

• 10 stickers

• 7 stickers

• 8 stickers

• 12 stickers

There are 72 books on a bookshelf. If 1/3 of these are non-fiction, how many fictional books are there?

• 50 fictional books.

• 45 fictional books.

• 89 fictional books.

• 48 fictional books.

Of 100 children in Grades 5 and 6, three-quarters have pets. How many children do not have pets?

• 17 children

• 20 children

• 15 children

• 25 children

You have 6 donuts and you want to give 2/3 of them to a friend and keep 1/3 for yourself. How many donuts would your friend get?

• 4 donuts.

• 6 donuts.

• 8 donuts.

• 0 donuts.

Mrs. Smith's class is making vests. Each vest uses 2/3 of a metre of fabric. How many vests can they make out of 18 metres of fabric?

• 26 vests.

• 15 vests.

• 12 vests.

• 20 vests.

There was a bowl with 120 candies in it. Billy, Bob and Buck found the bowl. Billy ate 2/12 of the candies, Bob ate 3/12 and Buck had 5/12. How many candies were left?

• 25 candies left.

• 32 candies left.

• 28 candies left.

• 20 candies left.

Ryan bought a packet of 60 biscuits on Saturday. On Sunday he ate half of them. On Monday he ate 19 of them. How many biscuits did he have left for Tuesday?

• 10 biscuits

• 11 biscuits

• 12 biscuits

• 19 biscuits