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Fraction Word Problems Worksheet
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Fraction Word Problems Worksheet
Solve each problem. Show your working and simplify each answer where possible. Write mixed numbers for answers greater than 1.
Cooking and Sharing
1.A baker adds 2/3 cup of oats to 3/8 cup of seeds. How many cups of ingredients does the baker add altogether?
2.Zach eats 3/10 of a watermelon and Mei eats 1/4 of the same watermelon. What fraction do they eat altogether?
3.A smoothie recipe needs 1 2/3 cups of yoghurt. Kai has 5/6 cup. How many more cups of yoghurt does Kai need?
4.A chocolate block has 7/12 of its pieces left. Arjun eats 1/3 of the whole block. What fraction of the block is left?
Measuring and Making
5.A ribbon is 11/12 metre long. Harper cuts off 5/8 metre. How much ribbon remains?
6.A builder pours 3/4 litre of water into a mix, then adds another 5/6 litre. How many litres of water are used altogether?
7.A walking track is 2/3 kilometre from the picnic area to the lookout and 5/8 kilometre from the lookout to the car park. What is the total distance?
8.A container is 5/6 full. A cook uses an amount equal to 3/8 of the container's full capacity. What fraction of its capacity remains?
Challenge
9.At a community event, 2/3 of the visitors buy a snack. Of all the visitors, 7/12 buy only a snack, 1/5 buy only a drink, and 2/15 buy neither. What fraction of the visitors buy both a snack and a drink?
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