FOUNDATIONS MATH 070

Goal 3 – Section 3.6
Word Problems Involving Fractions – Practice 1

1.A plumber needs pieces of pipe cm and cm long. What is the total length of the pipe that is needed?

2.Ali worked h on Monday, h on Tuesday and h on Wednesday. What was the total number of hours that he worked?

3.A roast weighed kg before cooking and kg after cooking. How many kilograms were lost during the cooking?

4.Mohammed can work 20 h per week on a part-time job. He works h on Sunday and h on Monday. How many more hours can he work during the week?

5.John used of carpet for the living room, for the dining room and for a hallway. How much will remain if a 50 m2 roll of carpeting is used?

6.An 18 acre piece of land is to be subdivided into home lots that are each acre. How many lots can be formed?

48 lots

7.One sheet of plywood is cm thick. A stack of plywood measures 130 cm. How many sheets of plywood are in the stack?

80 sheets

8.A house increased in value times during the last 10 years. The price of the house 10 years ago was Dh 120 000. What is the value of the house today?

Dh 420 000

9.A paint company buys a drying chamber and an air compressor for spray painting. The total cost for the two items is Dh 60 000. The drying chamber is of the total cost. What is the cost of the air compressor?

Dh 12 000

10.A person can walk km in one hour. How many miles can the person walk in hours?

11.Mariam bought a gold necklace that weighed grams for a price of Dh 345. What was the price for one gram of gold?

Dh 60

12.A family has an annual income of Dh 180 000. Of this is used for food, for housing, for clothing, for savings and the rest is left for other expenses.

(a)What fraction of the annual income is left for other expenses?

(b)How much money is left for other expenses?

Dh 30 000

13.A carpenter needs pieces of wood cm long.

(a)How many pieces can he cut from a piece of wood 250 cm long?

16 pieces

(b)What will be the length of the piece of wood left over?

2 cm

14.A living room has an area of 50 m2. A can of paint will cover m2. How many cans of paint are needed to paint the living room?

5 cans

15.Asma has many books, each cm thick. How many of these books could she fit onto a shelf 139 cm long?

41 books

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