PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 1. During the Christmas break, Alice reads 2/9 of a book on Monday, 1/3 of it on Tuesday and the rest, 160 pages on Wednesday. How many pages are there in the book?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 2. There are 84 red, blue and white balls in a box. If 1/3 of the balls are red, 5 more than ¼ of the remainder are blue and the rest are white, how many balls of each color are there?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 3. In a class of 45 pupils, 2/3 are candidates for honors. If ½ of the candidates for honors are given awards, how many students are awarded?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 4. Rose had P80 and Lily had P75. Rose spent P75 and Lily spent P70. a) What fraction of her money did each girl spend? b) Who of the girls had a bigger portion of her money left?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 5. Nina made 132 garlands. She was able to sell 66 garlands at 6 o’clock and another 4/11 of them after supper. How many garlands was she not able to sell?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 6. What is the area of a rectangle whose length is 5/8 m and the width is 2/3 m?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 7. Mr. Go has P to invest. He will invest 2/5 of it as 8%, 3/8 at 9% and the rest will be placed in his current accounts. How much will be placed at each type of investment and in the current accounts?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 8. What is the average of 2 ½ and 2 5/6?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 9. If ¾ of the area of the rectangle is 84 square centimeters, what is the area of the whole rectangle?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 10. Ray is taking an 80-item multiple choice test. He knows the correct answers to all but ¼ of the items. If he guesses correctly on 3/5 of these questions, how many items did he answer correctly?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS 11. Mr. Chin had 300 eggs. He sold 2/3 of them on Sunday and ¾ of the remainder on Monday. How many eggs were not sold?

PROBLEMS ON FRACTIONS From the book of Eugenia Vertucio-Guerra