Solve the following word problems. Include a diagram and show your work.
1.
Class
8-8 is voting for their class representative.
Eden gets 1/6 of the votes, Ayisha gets 1/3 of the votes and Lucas gets
1/2 of the votes. What fraction of the
class voted? What fraction of the class
did not vote?
2.
Josh
has 3/5 of a Pokemon deck. He gives
Wyatt 3/10s of a whole deck. How much of
the deck does he give away? (Bonus: what
fraction of the deck does Josh have left at the end?)
3.
Rachel
is writing her English essay about the artists Leonardo da Vinci and
Rafael. The essay is divided into two halves.
Rachel is finished 1/3 of ½ of the essay. What fraction of the whole paper has she
written? (BONUS: What fraction does she have left to write? Double Bonus – If she has 5 days left to do
what’s left, what fraction should she do each day, if she wants to spread the
work out evenly?)
4.
Lily
takes 3 ¾ times as long to eat her lunch as Alejandra. Alejandra takes 5 minutes. How long does Lily take?
5.
Alejandra
has 3 ½ cans of whipped cream. She needs
1 ¼ cans to decorate a pie. How many pies
can she decorate?
6.
You
come back from the movies and you have 1 ¾ bags of popcorn and your friend has
1 1/7. How much do you have all
together?
7. Mista Haze’s mom, Mama Haze made 2 cakes, one
vanilla and one chocolate. Mama Haze, Mista
Haze, Poppa Haze and Brotha Haze ate 4/5 of the chocolate cake and ate 3/7 of
the vanilla cake. How much cake is left?
