December 23rd, 2014

Name: _____________________________
Date: ______________
Directions: Solve each problem. Reduce each fraction to lowest terms.

1. Mike and his partner have to unload a truck carrying 2000 pounds of sand. They have already unloaded 400 pounds of sand.
    a. How many more pounds are left to unload?

    b. What fraction of the sand have they unloaded already?

    c. What fraction of the sand do they have left to unload?

2. The Spartans played 15 football games, and they lost 6.

    a. How many games did they win?

    b. What fraction of the games did they lose?

    c. What fraction of the games did they win?

3. Jim weighed 225 pounds. he dieted and lost 50 pounds.

    a. How much did Jim weigh at the end of the diet?

    b. What fraction of Jim's original weight did he lose?

    c. Jim's new weight is what fraction of his original weight?

December 22nd, 2014

Name: ______________________________
Date: _____________________
Directions: Solve each problem. Then reduce each fraction to lowest terms!

1) Robert made a down payment of $600 on a used car. He owes another $1800. 
    a. What was the total price of the car?
    
    b. The down payment was what fraction of the price?

    c. The amount ? Robert owes is what fraction of the price?

2) Margie sold 24 tickets for a raffle for her neighborhood center. She has 36 tickets left to sell.
    a. How many tickets did she have to sell altogether?

    b. What fraction of the tickets has she sold so far?

    c. What fraction does she have left to sell?

3) Gail works 8 hours each day. On Thursday she worked 6 hours before she went to lunch.
    a. How many hours did Gail have to work after lunch?

    b. What fraction of the workday did Gail complete before she      went to lunch?

    c. What fraction of the workday did Gail have left to complete after she got back from lunch?

4) The monthly food budget for the Chavez family is $320. They have already spent $240 of their food budget?

    a. How much is left in the food budget for the month?

    b. What fraction of the food budget have the Chavez family spent? 

    c. What fraction of the food budget is left for the month?

December 19th, 2014

Name: __________________________
Date: _________________
Directions: Change each fraction or mixed number to a decimal or change each decimal to a fraction.

1) 3&25/100_______


2) 3/4_______


3) .10______


4) 5&7/100______


5) 5/10______


6) .55______


7) .09______


8) 12&33/100_______


9) 3.12_______


10) 89/100_______ 

December 18th, 2014

Name: _____________________________
Date: __________________
Directions: Write each mixed number as an improper fraction.

1. 3&2/5 _______


2. 6&1/4 _______


3. 2&1/12 ______


4. 2&7/9 ______

Write each improper fraction as a mixed number or whole number.

5. 12/5 ______


6. 27/9 ______


7. 32/3 ______


8. 20/12 ______

December 17th, 2014

Name: ________________________________
Date: ____________________
Directions: Using the information in each statement answer the three questions that follow. Write your answers as a fraction when requested to do so. 

1. There are 11 women and 9 men in Julie's night class. 
    a) How many students are in the class?
    b) What fraction of the class is women?
    c) What fraction of the class is men?

2. The Miller's have two sons and three daughters.
    a) How many children do the Millers have?
    b) Boys make up what fraction of the children?
    c) Girls make up what fraction of the children?

3. The Hawks won 18 basketball games and lost 9.
    a) How many games did the Hawks play?
    b) What fraction of the games did they win?
    c) What fraction of the games did they lose?

4. The main floor of the the town theater has 450 seats, and the balcony has 150 seats.
    a) How many seats are in the theater?
    b) The main-floor seats are what fraction of the total?
    c) The balcony seats are what fraction of the total?

December 16th, 2014

Name: _____________________________
Date: __________________
Directions: Write a fraction for each of the parts described.

1. There are 12 months in a year. What fraction of a year is 3 months?

2. There are 4 cups in a quart. What fraction of a quart is 1 cup?

3. There are 36 inches in a yard. What fraction is 25 inches?

4. There are 3 feet in a yard. What fraction on a yard is 2 feet?

5. There are 10 dimes in a dollar. What fraction of a dollar is 9 dimes?

6. There are 60 minutes in a hour. What fraction of an hour is 42 minutes?

7. There are 24 hours in a day. What fraction of a day is 17 hours?

8. There are 12 eggs in a dozen. What fraction of a dozen is 12 eggs?

December 15th, 2014

Name: _________________________________
Date: ________________
Directions: Calculate and solve. Use the information given to find your answers.

1. A puppy weighs 10&1/4 pounds. It weighed 7&3/4 pounds last week. How much weight has it gained.

2. Vijay worked for 3&1/2 hours. Sita worked for 8 hours. How much longer did Sita work than Vijay?

3. Cal ran the first race in 11&4/10 seconds and the next race in 12&6/10 seconds. How long did he run in both races?

4. Mrs. Webster bought 12 yards of rope. She used only 7&1/3 yards. How much rope did she have left over?