Fun with Fractions

A chocolate bar is divided into 12 pieces. If you eat 1/4 of the bar, how many pieces do you have left?

• 12 pieces

• 9 pieces

• 3 pieces

• 6 pieces

Of the 95 children in 6th grade, 3/5 went to holiday parties. How

many students didn’t go to holiday parties ?

• 57

• 38

Amy has 72 sweets in a bag. She keeps 1/4

of them for herself and shares the rest with friends. How many sweets will she give to her friends?

• 54

• 44

A train arrives at the station with 150 passengers on board. 2/5 the passengers get off the train in Seattle, and then 35 passengers board the train. How many passengers are on the train when it leaves the station?

30 people watched the soccer game last night.

Tickets cost $2.75 each. Half of these fans

bought a program at $1.50 each. How much

money was collected?

• 115

• $105

• 135

Dean buys 25 stickers on Monday and 17 on Tuesday, On Wednesday he gives 1/6 of his stickers to Jack. How many does he have left?

On six bookshelves, there are 72 books per shelf. How many books are there altogether? If 1/3

of these are non-fiction, how many fictional books are there?

• 188

• 288

Of 100 children in Grades 5 and 6, three-quarters have pets; 40 children have a dog, and 18 children have a cat. How many children have other kinds of pets?

• 17

• 15

Steven says, “I would rather have 5/9 of $72 than 4/6 get more to spend.” Is he correct?