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Real-Life Fractional Quantities

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Real-Life Fractional Quantities

Fractions in real life illustration

🍕 Part 1: Finding Fractions of Numbers

1. A school has 840 students. Two-thirds of them participate in sports. How many students participate in sports?

Answer: __________ students

2. Sarah earns $480 per week. She saves 3/8 of her earnings. How much does she save each week?

Answer: $__________

3. A recipe calls for 2/5 of a 750g bag of flour. How many grams of flour are needed?

Answer: __________ grams

4. During a sale, 5/6 of the 120 items in a store were sold. How many items were sold?

100 items

96 items

102 items

90 items

🏠 Part 2: Real-World Problem Solving

5. A marae needs to prepare kai for 180 people. If 2/9 of the people are tamariki (children), how many adult portions should they prepare?

Number of tamariki: __________

Number of adult portions needed: __________

6. Tom's family uses 3/4 of their monthly income of $4800 for living expenses. The rest goes into savings.

a) How much do they spend on living expenses? $__________

b) How much do they save each month? $__________

c) Express their savings as a percentage of their income: __________%

7. A school garden is 240 metres long. Students have planted vegetables in 5/8 of the garden length. How many metres still need to be planted?

Length already planted: __________ metres

Length still to plant: __________ metres

8. Explain your strategy for finding 3/7 of 350 in your own words:

🎯 Part 3: Challenge Problems

9. A sports club has 450 members. 2/5 are adults, 1/3 are teenagers, and the rest are children. How many children are in the club?

Number of adults: __________

Number of teenagers: __________

Number of children: __________

10. Extension Challenge: A kōhanga reo receives a grant of $12,600. They spend 2/7 on educational resources, 3/10 on equipment, and save the rest. How much money do they have left to save?

Amount spent on educational resources: $__________

Amount spent on equipment: $__________

Total amount saved: $__________

11. Reflection: Describe a real-life situation where you might need to calculate a fraction of a number. Explain how you would solve it.

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