Revision of Fractions (Word Problems)

1. Of the 10 books on fairy tales, Gilly borrowed 3. What fractions of

the books on fairy tales did she borrow?
2. Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps 1 of them for herself and
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shares the rest with friends. How many sweets will she give to her
friends?
3. There are 15 students in a class. 12 are boys and the rest are girls.
What is the fraction of girls?
4. Leena is reading a book which has 90 pages. Her dad asked her to
read 1 of it by this weekend. How many pages should she read
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before the weekend?
5. There are 30 students in Danny’s class. 1 of them have chosen
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Spanish as their language. How many children have chosen
Spanish?
6. There are 150 animals in zoo. Out of them 2 are carnivorous. How
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many animals in the zoo are carnivorous?
7. A big fish chases 24 small fish and eats one – third of them. How
many fish does the big fish eat?
8. Emma has a can containing 200 mL of apple juice. She spills 1 of
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It. How many mL of the juice is remaining?
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