WALT : find a fraction of a set.
Solve these problems. Please show your working.
Miki cut a cake into 4 equal pieces. She put frosting on 3 pieces of the cake. What fraction of the cake had frosting?
¾ ✔
There were 11 students in a swimming pool. 9 got out. What fraction of the students got out?
9/11 ✔
Robbie cut a pie into 5 equal slices. Then he ate 4 of the slices. What fraction of the pie did Robbie eat?
⅘ ✔
Bridget had 18 apple pies. She gave 1/2 of what she had to her friend Rosa. How many apple pies did Rosa get?
1/2 of 18 = 9 ✔
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Of the 24 students in Ashley's class, ¼ of them have a pet cat and 2/4 also have a dog as a pet. How many students in Ashley's class had a pet cat?
1/4 of 24 = 6 ✔
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Kuraia had bought 30 cupcakes for her birthday party. One quarter of them had chocolate icing. When she got home her little sister ate 1/3 of it. How many chocolate icing cup cakes had Kuraia bought?
1/3 of 30 = 10 ✔
Corrections
Kuraia brought 32 cupcakes.
My niece collected 28 yummy stickers. Her best friend collected a quarter of what she had. How many stickers did my niece’s best friend collect?
1/4 of 28 = 7 stickers ✔
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There are 32 students in room 10. Half of them are vegetarian and two quarters wanted to go on a field trip. How many vegetarian students are there in room 10?
2/4 of 32 = 8 ✔
Correction
There are 8 student in Room 10.
Gordon had 36 toy cars. He sold 1/8 of them to his cousin John and his big brother took a quarter of it. How many toy cars did his big brother take?
1/4 of 36 = 9 ✔
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Viliami was given $24 for his birthday. He went to the mall with his brother, Sione. Viliami spent ½ of his money on a new pair of jeans and he put the rest into his piggy bank. How much money did Viliami put into his piggy bank?
1/2 of $24 = 12 ✔
