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Grade 5 - Mathematics
5.32 Fractions Story Problems - 1

  1. A fraction is a number representing a part of a whole or is an operation on a number. The whole may be a single object or a group of objects.
  2. When expressing a situation of counting parts to write a fraction, it must be ensured that all parts are equal.
  3. In 5/7, 5 is called the numerator and 7 is called the denominator. Denominator and numerator can be identified for any fraction.
  4. Fractions can be shown on a number line. Any fraction has a point associated with it on the number line.
  5. In a proper fraction, the numerator is less than the denominator. The fractions, where the numerator is bigger than the denominator are called improper fractions. Improper fraction can be written as a combination of a whole and a part, and are then called mixed fractions.
  6. Two fractions are said to be equivalent if they represent the same quantity. Each proper or improper fraction has infinite equivalent fractions. To find an equivalent fraction of a given fraction, we may multiply or divide both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction by the same number.
  7. A fraction is said to be in the simplest (or lowest) form if its numerator and the denominator have no common factor except 1.

Directions: Solve the following word problems. Also write at least ten examples of your own.
Q 1: Richard had 20 pencils, Sally had 50 pencils and Janet had 80 pencils. After 4 months, Richard used up 10 pencils, Sally used up 25 pencils, Janet used up 40 pencils. What fraction did they use up?
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Q 2: Jill has 20 pencils. She took only 1/4 th of them to school. How many did she take.
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Q 3: What fraction of an hour is 40 minutes?
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Q 4: Ivan read 25 pages of a book containing 100 pages. Lori read 1/2 of the same book. Who read less?
Ivan
Lori
none

Q 5: You get one-fifth of a bottle of juice and your sister gets one-third of a bottle of juice. Who gets more?
none
your sister
you

Q 6: Dan, Sam, Ron, Jake, Mike, John, Jeromi, Bill, Kabir and Rohan decide to play basketball. The first five boys are in the first team and the rest are in the second team. What fraction of the boys is in the first team?
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Q 7: Write the natural numbers from 102 to 113 inclusive. What fraction of them are prime numbers?
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Q 8: Kristin received a CD player for her birthday. She has been collecting CDs since then. She bought 3 CDs and received 5 others as gifts. What fraction of her total CDs did she buy?
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