Fractions+Exercises

//**Addition**//

1. George walked 7/8 of a km. before lunch and ran 2 and 1/2 km. after lunch. How much distance did he travel that day? 2. Miley ate 4/8 of the pizza that was ordered by her parents and Luke ate 3/7 of the pizza. How much did they eat together? 3. If a square's side measures 10 and 3/4 cm., what is its perimeter? 4. A class has 40 students. This week 1/4 of them were away, 1/8 were sick, and 1/5 skipped. How many students were not in the class that week? (answer in fractions) [stefan_laculeanu]

//**Subraction**//

1. Today 8/10 of the grade 9 math class was outside. If half of them went to class how many of them were left? 2. Susan gets 2/8 of the family's allowence, Mark gets 3/8 and Roger has the rest. What fraction of the allowence does Roger get? 3. Maria brought 8/9 of a pound of candy and ate 4/9. How much is there left? 4. Johnny bought a bristol board that is 2 and 1/2 feet long, and Edd brought one that's 3 and 3/4 long. By how much longer is Edd's bristol board than Johnny's? [stefan_laculeanu]

//**Multiplication**//

1. A shape has 7 equal sides. If one side is 8/9 of a dm what is its perimeter? 2. John ate 4/14 pieces of cake and Bill ate twice as much. How many pieces of cake did Bill eat? 3. Monica has 19/60 hockey cards, Ray has twice as much and Stefan has three times as many cards as Ray has. How many cards does Stefan have? 4. Andrew has 1/2 of the total baseballs and Ally has 1/4 of Andrew's baseballs. How many baseballs does Ally have out of the total number of baseballs? [stefan_laculeanu]

//**Division**//

1.If there are 60 pizzas and they were to be distributed equally to the students of Vp how many students could have 1/2 pizza knowing that they can only eat 1/2 pizza? 2. There are 40km of wiring in Dunville. Knowing that each important street requires 1/2km of wiring how many streets can be wired? 3. If there are 2 halves in a whole, how many quarters are there in 4 halves? 4. You are throwing a party for a group of friends who will eat 1/3 of a pizza each. How many friends can you invite in the group if you have only 8 pizzas? [stefan_laculeanu]

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