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Sheet # 497 Fraction
Name_________________________Date:_____________
Write your answers in simplest form.
1) You have a $5 gift card from a bookstore. You spent 50 cents on a pencil. What fraction of the gift card money did Marcy spend?
2) Scientists spent 3 days looking for meteorite fragments. At the end of their search they had found a total of 10 kilograms of space rocks. They found 5 kilograms on the first day. On the second day, scientists found 2 kilograms. The found the rest on the third day. What fraction of the total did they find on the third day?
3) The festival will be from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. You have signed up to work in the booth for 90 minutes. What fraction of the total time have you volunteered to work?
4) You earn $5 an hour for baby-sitting, plus you always get a $5 tip. You worked for 5 hours. What fraction of the total money earned came from the tip?
Answers for sheet # 497
1) 50/500 = 1/10
2) 3/10
3) 90/240 = 3/8
4) 25/30 = 5/6