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Fractions in Real Life
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Fractions in Real Life
Solve each problem. Show your working where there is space, and include units or dollar signs in your answers.
Cooking at the sailing club
1.A batch of 8 savoury scones needs 3/4 cup of cheese. How much cheese is needed for 16 scones?
2.Oliver has 32 raisins for a snack mix. He uses 5/8 of them. How many raisins does he use?
3.A soup recipe for 6 people uses 2/3 cup of lentils. Talia is making the recipe for 3 people. How much lentil does she need?
- 1/6 cup
- 1/3 cup
- 2/3 cup
- 1 cup
Sharing supplies
4.Anahera shares 24 pieces of fruit equally among 8 crew members. What fraction of all the fruit does each crew member receive?
5.At the sailing club, 20 buoy markers are sorted into 4 equal piles. Draw a bar model divided into equal parts to show the piles, and write how many markers are in each pile.
6.One fifth of the members at a club meeting is 7 people. How many members are at the meeting altogether?
Fractions and money
7.A packet of crackers costs $6. Talia eats 2/3 of the packet. What is the cost of the crackers she eats, if the cost is shared evenly across the packet?
8.Which fractions are greater than one half? Select every correct answer.
- 4/7
- 3/8
- 5/9
- 5/8
- 2/5
9.Oliver has $18 for a sailing-club trip. He spends 2/3 of it on lunch. How much money does he have left?
Fractions in action
10.Match each sailing-club problem with its answer: find 1/5 of 25 metres of rope; share 15 life-jackets equally among 3 boats; find 3/4 of 20 kilograms of sand for a training weight.
- 1/5 of 25 metres of rope
- 15 life-jackets shared equally among 3 boats
- 3/4 of 20 kilograms of sand
- 15 kilograms
- 5 metres
- 5 life-jackets per boat
11.At a club briefing with 32 people, 3/4 of the group are wearing waterproof jackets. How many people are wearing jackets?
12.A training course is 9 kilometres long. Anahera sails 2/3 of the course. How many kilometres does she sail?
13.One sixth of the club's collection of signal flags is 9 flags. How many flags are in the whole collection?
14.Explain how to find 3/5 of 30 using equal groups. Use the words numerator and denominator in your explanation.
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