FREE Fraction Practical Applications Questions and Answers
You have ½ liter of blue paint and ⅓ liter of yellow paint.
How much paint do you have in total?
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Wrong!
Add ½ and ⅓.
Find a common denominator (6):
½=³⁄₆, ⅓=²⁄₆
³⁄₆+²⁄₆=⅚.
A pizza is divided into 8 slices. If 3 friends share the pizza equally, how many slices does each friend get?
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Wrong!
Total slices =8. Divide by the number of friends: ⁸⁄₃. Each friend gets 2⅔ slices.
You cut ⅖ meter of ribbon from a 1-meter roll. How much ribbon is left?
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Wrong!
Subtract ⅖ from 1:
1-⅖=⁵⁄₅=⅗
A store offers a ¼ discount on all items. If an item costs $40, how much do you save?
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Wrong!
¼ of $40=⁴⁰⁄₄=10.
You save $10 on the item.
A recipe calls for ¾ cup of sugar, but you want to make only half the recipe. How much sugar do you need?
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Wrong!
To find half of ¾, multiply ¾ x ½ = ¾½ = ⅜
