Questionnaire

1. Kelly spent 1/2 of her money on a DVD. She spent 1/6 of her money on a new popcorn
maker. What fraction of her money did Kelly spend all together?

2. Jamie bought a roll of tape that measured 1 meter in length. He used 1/4 of the tape to
wrap his hockey stick. He used 1/8 of the tape to fix a whole in his hockey bag. What
fraction of the tape was left?

3. Mrs. Smith bought 24 markers. 7 markers had green ink. 15 markers had red ink. The
rest had black ink. What fraction of the markers had black ink?

4. Mark and Chris had an equal number of chocolate bars. Mark ate 1/5 of his chocolate
bars. Chris ate 1/4 of his chocolate bars. Who has more chocolate bars left?

5. 40 students made the student council. 5/8 of the students were girls. How many boys
made student council?

6. Holly completed the race in 2 1/2 hours. Mary completed the same race in 3 1/4
hours. How much longer did Mary take to complete the race than Holly?

7. Hank went to the cider mill. The cost for one pound of apples is 1 1/2 dollars. How
much would it cost for 3 pounds of apples?

8. Lydia ate 4/5 of a pizza. Mark ate 1/10 of a pizza. How much pizza did they eat all
together?
9. John got 5/8 of the test correct. Zach got 4/5 of the test correct. Who scored better on
the test?

10.Mrs. Estes baked brownies. She ate 1/12 of the brownies in the pan and gave 7/12 of
the brownies in the pan to her neighbor. What fraction of the brownies in the pan were
left?

11.If 1/3 of a sum of money is $21, what is the sum of money?

12.3/5 of a group of children were girls. If there were 24 girls, how many children were
there in the group?

13.Bill had some stamps. He gave 2/5 of them to Tim. If he gave 14 stamps to Tim, how
many stamps had Bill at first?

14.Lionel bought 30 pizzas and burgers altogether. 2/5 of the food bought were pizzas.
How many burgers did he buy?

15.Grace thought that a plane journey would take 7/10 h but the actual journey took 1/5 h
longer. How long did the actual journey take?

16.Timothy took 2/3 h to paint a portrait. This was 1/3 h shorter than the time he took to
paint scenery. How long did he take to paint scenery?

17.At the animal shelter 4/6 of the animals are cats. Of the cats 1/2 are male. What
fraction of the animals at the shelter are male cats?

18.A taco recipe called for 2/3 cup of cheese per taco. If Andrew wanted to make 3 tacos,
how much cheese would he need?

19.Ethan is icing 30 cupcakes. He spreads mint icing on 1/5 of the cupcakes and chocolate
on 1/2 of the remaining cupcakes. The rest will get vanilla frosting. How many cupcakes
have vanilla frosting?
20. Maddox puts 1/4 of her lawn-mowing money in savings and uses 1/2 of the remaining
money to pay back her sister. If she has $15 left, how much did she have at first?

21.4/7 of a number is 84. Find the number.

22.One half of the students in a school are girls, 3/5 of these girls are studying in lower
classes. What fraction of girls are studying in lower classes?

23.Maddy reads three-fifth of 75 pages of his lesson. How many more pages he need to
complete the lesson?
24.A herd of cows gives 4 litres of milk each day. But each cow gives one-third of total milk
each day. They give 24 litres milk in six days. How many cows are there in the herd?

25.Jessica bought 8/9 of a pound of chocolates and ate 1/3 of a pound. How much was
left?

26.Tom bought a board that was 7/8 of a yard long. He cut off 1/2 of a yard. How much
was left?

27.Sam rode his bike 2/5 of a mile and walked another 3/4 of a mile. How far did he travel?

28.Sally walked 3/4 of a mile before lunch and 1/2 of a mile after lunch. How far did she
walk in all?

29.Don bought 3/4 of a pound of jellybeans and 5/8 pound of gummy bears. How much
candy did he buy?

30.The track is 3/5 of a mile long. If Tyrone jogged around it twice, how far did he run?

31.Which apple weighs more, one that weighs 2/3 of a pound or one that weighs 5/6 of a
pound?
32.Stanley ordered two pizzas cut into eighths. If he ate 5/8 of a pizza, how much was left?

33.Sandra bought 2¾ yards of red fabric and 1¼ of blue. How much cloth did she buy in all?
34.An equilateral triangle measures 3½ inches on one side. What is the perimeter of the
triangle?
35.Mary needs to order pizza for 18 students. Each student should get ¼ of a pizza. How
many pizzas should Mary order? How much pizza will be left over?
36.There are 24 hours in a day and scientists tell us that we should sleep for 3/8 of the day.
How much time should we spend sleeping?

37.The National History Museum has collected 125 dinosaurs. George has collected 3/5 of
this amount. How many dinosaurs has George collected?

38.Mr Murrin is 160cm tall and his brother Tom is 7/8 as tall as him. How tall is Tom?

39.Billy collected 256 conkers but lost ¾ of them on his way to school through a hole in his
bag. When he arrived at school how many conkers did Billy have left?

40. There are 25 pupils in the class, 3/5 of the pupils support Chelsea and the remainder
support Arsenal. How many pupils support Arsenal?