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Primary Six Math – Fractions

1. Mrs Lau used kg of flour to bake 5 cakes. How many kilograms of flour did she use to bake 2
such cakes?

2. Molly had as many red beads as green beads. She used of her red beads and of her green beads
for a necklace. What fraction of her beads had she left?

3. At a pet shop, the price of a rabbit is the price of a puppy. The price of a hamster is half the price
of a rabbit. What is the ratio of the price of rabbit to the price of a puppy to the price of a hamster?
4. A faulty clock gains min each day. How long does the clock take to gain h?

5. Parcel A is as heavy as Parcel B. Parcel B is as heavy as Parcel C. How many times is Parcel C
as heavy as Parcel A?

of Ken’s salary is of John’s salary. What is the ratio of John’s salary to Ken’s salary?

6. For every of the wall that Helen paints, Joan will paint of it. What fraction of the wall will Joan
paint if Helen paints of it?
7. In a movie theatre, of the audience were men, of the remainder were women and the rest were
children. What fraction of the audience were children?

8. 9 pizzas are shared equally among some girls.

How many girls are there if each girl gets of the pizza.

9. of Jason’s money is equal to of Kelvin’s money.

Find the ratio of Jason’s money to Kelvin’s money.

10. In a car park, there are thrice as many cars as vans. The number of cars is twice the number of
motorcycles.
The total number of wheels these vehicles have is 4598.
a) How many cars are parked at the car park?

b) If of the motorcycles left the car park, how many vehicles are left in the car park?

11.Every month, Andy spent of his income on food and of the remaining money on rental. After
spending his income on food and rental, he gave of the remaining to his parents and had $250 left.

a) What is Andy’s monthly salary?

b) How much money did he spend on food every month?
12. The ratio of the number of red balls to green balls Peter had was 4 : 5.

After giving away of his red balls to his friend, Peter had 45 more green balls than red balls.

How many green balls did Peter have?

13.At a concert, there were as many boys as girls and as many adults as children.

There were 120 more adults than boys.

a) How many people were there at the concert?
b) What fraction of the people were children?
14. There are 40 pupils in Primary 6D in January.

The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is 2 : 3. of the boys wear
spectacles and of the girls wear spectacles.

a) What percentage of the class wore spectacles in January?

b) 5 more pupils need to wear spectacles in July. Find the percentage increase in pupils wearing
spectacles.

15. Shop A and Shop B had a total of 10400 packets of flour at first. Both shops sold of their packets
of flour. Shop B then had 520 more packets of flour than Shop A.
a) How many packets of flour did Shop B have at first?
b) Shop B sold each packet of flour at $2.25. How much did Shop B collect from the sale of the flour?
16.Sue has the same number of $2 notes and $5 notes. Their total value is $56. What is the value of all
her $2 notes?

17.Amanda and Darren shared the total cost of a present. Amanda paid $25 more than of the total
cost while Darren paid $65.
Find the cost of the present.