Fractions
Grade : 6
Word Problems :
1. In a vegetable garden 1/6 of the area is covered with lettuce and 5/12 with tomato plants. What fraction of the area is planted with these ?
2. Deepak and Amir bought a cake. Deepak ate 2/5 of the cake. Amir ate 3/10 of it.
a) who ate more? b) How much more ?
3. I bought one dozen bananas and ate 5 of them. What fraction of the total number of bananas left ?
4. Out of 50 identical articles, 36 are broken. Find the fraction of
a) the total number of articles and the articles broken.
b) the remaining articles and the total number of articles
5. From a rope of 10 ½ m long, 4 5/8 m is cut off. Find the length of the remaining rope ?
6. A piece of cloth is 5m long. after washing it shrinks by 1/25 of its length. What is the length of the cloth after washing ?
7. I bought wheat worth Rs. 12 ½, rice worth 25 ¾, vegetables worth 10 ¼ . If i gave a 100 rupee note to the shopkeeper, How much did he return to me ?
8. Out of 500 oranges in a box, 3/25 are rotten and 1/5 are kept for some guests. How many oranges are left in the box ?
9. An ornament piece is made of Gold and Copper. Its total weight is 96g. If 1/12 of the ornament is copper, find the weight of Gold in it ?
10. A girl did half of some work on Monday and one- third of it on Tuesday. How much will she have to do on Wednesday in order to complete the work ?
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