word problem-fractions

During a triathlon, Sharon swims 1 4 of the total route and cycles

3/5 of the remaining route. She runs the rest of the route. If she runs

3,600 meters, find the total distance of the triathlon route.

• 12km

• 15km

• 14km

• 18km

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Victoria has a 2-pound package of flour. She uses

2/5of the flour tomake a pizza. She then uses 3/10 of the remaining

flour to make bread.Find the weight of the package of flour that she has left.

Express your answer as a decimal.

• 0.4

• 0.84

• 1.36

• 0.6

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Karen collects 6/7quart of rainwater. She uses 1 /2 of the water to

clean her bicycle and uses the remaining water equally for 3 houseplants.

What volume of water does she use for each houseplant?

• 1/6

• 1/7

• 1/8

• 1/9

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

Ricardo spends

8/9 hour reading the newspaper. He spends 1/ 4 of the time reading the world news and splits the remaining time equally

between the sports news and the comics. How much time does he

spend reading the comics?

• 1/6

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/5

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

A square foot of wall space needs 1 /8 quart of paint. Terrence has 7 quarts

of paint, but uses 2 quarts to paint a pipe. How many square feet of wall

can he paint with the rest of the paint?

• 36

• 38

• 40

• 42

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Mary spends 1 /6 hour to make a friendship bracelet. She spends 3 hours

before lunch and 2 hours after lunch making the bracelets. How many

bracelets does she make in all?

• 1/30

• 42

• 28

• 30

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CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

Clayton wants to be a musician. After school one afternoon, he spends half his

time practicing his drums and 3/4 of the remaining time on homework and dinner.

He spends the remaining 3/4 hour talking with and texting his friends. How long did

he practice the drums?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1/4

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Julia spends 5/9 of her vacation at summer camp. She spends

3/4 of theremaining time at her grandparent's home. The remaining 7 days she spends at the seashore with her family. How many days of summer vacation does she get each summer.

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3