Fraction Word Problems

A baseball team played 32 games and lost 8. What fraction of the games did the team win? Simplify your answer.

A baseball team played 32 games and lost 8. Katy was the catcher in $$\frac{5}{8}$$ of the winning games and $$\frac{1}{4}$$ of the losing games. In how many games did Katy play catcher? Simplify your answer.

In Dan's garden, $$\frac{1}{8}$$ of the flowers are red, $$\frac{1}{4}$$ of them are purple, and $$\frac{1}{5}$$ of the remaining flowers are pink. If there are 128 flowers, how many flowers are pink?

Jill and Matt plan to get their homework done within one hour. Matt completes his math homework in $$\frac{3}{5}$$ hour. Jill completes her math homework with $$\frac{5}{6}$$ hour remaining. Who completes the math homework faster?

A baker combined 3 cups of sugar with 5 cups of flour together in a bowl. He used $$\frac{1}{4}$$ cup of the mixture to bake cookies. How many cups of the mixture did he use?

Of the students in Mr. Smith's fifth-grade class, $$\frac{1}{3}$$ were absent on Monday. Of the students in Mrs. Jacobs's fifth-grade class, $$\frac{2}{5}$$ were absent on Monday. If there were 4 students absent in each class on Monday, how many total students would there be in the 5th grade? This is a multi-step problem.

In a classroom, $$\frac{1}{6}$$ of the students are wearing blue shirts, and $$\frac{2}{3}$$ are wearing white shirts. There are 36 students in the classroom. How many students are wearing a shirt other than blue or white?

Mrs. Diaz makes 5 dozen cookies for her class. One-ninth of her 27 students are absent the day she brings the cookies. If she shares the cookies equally among the students who are present, how many cookies will each student get? Draw a strip diagram to help solve.