Fractions Level 3 Ex 5

1.

of the pupils in a hall are boys. There are 374 more girls than boys. How many pupils are there in the hall?

2.

Ralph had $720. He spent

of it on rent,

of the remainder on transport

and the rest of his money on food. How much did he spend on food?

3.

In a club,

of the members are women.

of the men like playing tennis.

of the women like playing tennis. What fraction of the members like playing tennis?

4.

The diagram below shows two squares P and Q. The shaded area represents of the square Q and of square P. Given that the length of square Q is 20 cm, find the area of square P.

20 cm

5.

Craig gave spent

of his monthly salary to his wife. Of the remaining money, he on food. He saved the remaining $750. What

on transport and

was his monthly salary?

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of Christines money is equal to

of Kellys money. After each of them

spent $40, Kelly had $64 more than Christine. How much money does Kelly have after spending the money?

7.

Mr Chang spent

of his savings to renovate his house and

of his savings

to buy a car. After that, he had $104 000 left. How much more money did he spend on the car than on the renovation of his house?

8.

Dylan, Carla, Brenda and Andrew went shopping with a total of $900. After shopping, they had a total of $60 left. Carla spent $90. The amount Brenda spent was the amount spent by Dylan. The total amount spent by Dylan and Carla was $60 less than the total amount spent by Brenda and Andrew. How much did Dylan and Andrew spend altogether?

9.

A fruiterer had 75 more apples than oranges. After he sold and (a) (b) of the oranges, he had 285 fruits left. How many apples did he sell? What fraction of the fruits were oranges?

of the apples

10.

Randy and Stanley had a total of $470. After Randy spent Stanley spent $90, Stanley had money had Stanley at first?

of his money and

as much money as Randy. How much

11.

Mandy, Natasha and Ollie shared the cost of a present for the teacher. The amount Mandy paid was Natasha paid the total amount paid by Natasha and Ollie. the total amount Mandy and Ollie paid. Ollie paid $36 more

than Natasha. How much did each of them pay?

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