Fractions:-

1. A team played 30 games of which it won 24. What part of the games played
did it lose?
A) 4/5 B) 1/4
C) 1/5 D) 3/4

2. If Germaine earns $X a week, and he saves $Y, what part of his weekly salary
does he spend?
𝑋 𝑋−𝑌
A) B)
𝑌 𝑋
𝑋−𝑌 𝑌−𝑋
C) D)
𝑌 𝑋

3. What part of an hour elapses between 11:50 A.M. and 12:14 P.M.?
A) 2/5 B) 7/30
C) 17/30 D) 1/6
4. A fraction employs M men and W women. What part of its employees are
women?
𝑊 𝑊+𝑀
A) B)
𝑀 𝑀
𝑊 𝑀
C) D)
𝑊+𝑀 𝑊+𝑀

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5. 12 is of what number?
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A) 16 B) 9
C) 36 D) 20

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6. If of a number is then of the same number is:
5 3 5
A) 1 B) 9/25
C) 25/9 D) 4/5

7. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number

is
A) 35 B) 36
C) 45 D) 54
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8. If N x = x , then =
12 12 14 𝑁
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A) 8 B)
3
12 3
C) D)
7 14

𝑥 𝑦
9. If 25( ) = 4, what is the value of 100( )?
𝑦 𝑥
A) 625 B) 25
C) 1000 D) 4

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10. If of a class that includes 10 girls are boys, how many students are in the
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class?
A) 15 B) 20
C) 21 D) 25
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11. After Claire has read the first of a book, there are 120 pages left to read.
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How many pages of the book has Claire read?
A) 160 B) 200
C) 240 D) 320

12. Of Ted’s salary, 1/10 is spent for clothing and 1/3 for food and for rent.
What part of the salary is left for other expenditures and savings?
A) 17/30 B) 3/5
C) 19/30 D) 2/3

13. If 2/9 of a tank can be filled in 1 minute how many minutes will it take to fill
the rest of the tank?
A) 4/3 B) 3/4
C) 7/2 D) 4/7

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14. If each of the fractions , , is in lowest terms, which of the following could
𝑘 𝑘 𝑘
be the value of 𝑘?
A) 48 B) 49
C) 50 D) 51
15. A population of a town was 54,000 in the last census. Since then it has
increased by 2/3. What is its population now.
A. 26,000 B. 48,000
C. 72,000 D. 90,000

16. A vertical pole 6 feet high casts a shadow 4 feet long. At the same time a
tree casts a shadow 64 feet long. What is the height of the tree?
A. 44 B. 72
C. 96 D. 192

17. A train starts full of passengers. At the first station it drops 1/3 of these and
takes in 80 more, at the next station it drops ¼ of the new total and takes in
44 more. On reaching the station there are found to be 437 left. The number
of passengers in the beginning were:
A) 300 B) 1,650
C) 1,600 D) 666
18. The indicator of an oil tank shows 1/5 full. After the tank receives 165
gallons of oil, the indicator shows 4/5 full. What is the capacity in gallons of
the tank?
A) 55 B) 105
C) 140 D) 275

19. If ½ of the air in a tank is removed with each stroke of a vacuum pump,
what fraction of the original amount of air has been removed after 4 strokes?
A) 15/16 B) 7/8
C) ¼ D) 1/8

20. Aslam, Ashraf and Akram are employed to do a piece of work for Rs. 529.
Aslam and Ashraf together were supposed to do 19/23 of the work. So Akram
should be paid:
A) Rs. 69 B) Rs. 92
C) Rs. 161 D) Rs. 437
21. A car has 1/8 of its tank full. It is filled to capacity by putting in 14 gallons.
What is the tanks full capacity
A. 14 gal B. 16 gal
C. 18 gal D. 20 gal

22. A gasoline tank that is 1/2 full has 8 gallons removed. The tank is then 1/10
full. What is the capacity of the tank in gallons?
A. 2.5 B. 6.4
C. 15.8 D. 20

23. David received his allowance on Sunday. He spends 1/4 of his allowance on
Monday and 2/3 of the remainder on Tuesday. What part of his allowance is
left for the rest of the week?
A) 1/3 B) 1/12
C) 1/4 D) 1/2

24. I read 3/8 of a book on one day and 4/5 of the remaining on another day. If
there now were 30 pages unread, how many pages did the book contain?
A) 120 B) 340
C) 240 D) 400
25. In a graduating class with the same number of boys and of girls. 1/8 of the
girls and 5/6 if the boys are honor students. What part of the class consists of
boys who are not honor students?
A) 1/12 B) 1/6
C) 7/48 D) 13/48

26. Ali completed 3/8 of his work in first day and 1/3 of the remainder on the
second day. The fractional part of his work remaining at the end of second day
is
A) 5/12 B) 5/24
C) 7/12 D) 3/8

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27. At a high school basketball game, of the students who attended were
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seniors, of the other students who attended were juniors, and the remaining
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80 students who attended were all sophomores. How many seniors attended
this game?
A) 120 B) 175
C) 180 D) 210
28. An oil tanker contained 5500 liters of oil. Three-fifth of the oil was delivered
to a customer and two-fifth of the remaining was delivered to another
customer. The number of liters of oil that remains in the tanker is:
A) 0 B) 440
C) 880 D) 1320

29. 2/3rd of a faculty of a high school is women. 12 of the men of the faculty
are unmarried, while 3/5th of the male teachers are married. The total
number of faculty members is?
A. 50 B. 60
C. 72 D. 90

30. Eggs cost 90 cents a dozen. Peppers cost 20 cents each. One omelet
consists of 3 eggs & 1/4 of a pepper. How much will the ingredients for 8
omelets cost
A. $130 B. $190
C. $210 D. $220
31. Multiplying a number by 1/2 and then dividing the result by 3/4 is equivalent
to performing which of the following operations on the number?
A) Multiplying by 2/3
B) Dividing by 2/3
C) Multiplying by 3/8
D) Dividing by 3/8

32. A man owned 3/8 of an interest in a house. He sold 4/5 of his interest at the
cost of Rs 900. what is the total value of the house?
A) 3000 B) 6000
C) 5000 D) 8000

33. Farheen’s salary is three times Saima’s, which is one-third of Atika’s salary.
If their total salary is Rs. 35.000, Find Farheen’s salary.
A. 10,000 B. 5,000
C. 15,000 D. 12,500
34. Divide $5000 along A, B and C so that A may receive 1/4th much as B and C
together and B gets 1/3rd of what A and C received together. Find how much
B gets?
A. 1000 B. 2750
C. 1250 D. 2500

35. If a number is added to both the numerator and denominator of 4/7, the
result is 8/9, what is the number?
A. 2 B. 9
C. 18 D. 20
1 C
2 B
3 A
4 C
5 A
6 A
7 D
8 B
9 A
10 D
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 B
15 D
16 C
17 D
18 D
19 A
20 B
21 B
22 D
23 C
24 C
25 A
26 A
27 C
28 D
29 D
30 D
31 A
32 A
33 C
34 C
35 D