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Sheet 13/Fractions 

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 1. There are 20 things at the circus. One half are clowns, one tenth are bears, one fifth are fish, and the rest are trainers. How many clowns, bears, fish and trainers are there?

 

 

 

 

2. The circus had 20 items and 1/4 were clowns, 1/5 were clown cars, 1/2 were elephants and the rest were ring masters. How many clowns, clown cars, elephants and ring master were there?

 

 

 

 

3. There were 3 frogs and 20 bugs at the pond. The 1st frog ate 1/2 of the bugs. The 2nd frog ate 1/5 of the bugs. How many did the 1st frog eat? the 2nd frog ? How many were left for the last frog?

 

 

 

 

4. There were 40 athletes at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Half were there to play soccer and 3/10 were there to play football. The rest were there to play basketball. How many were there to play soccer, football, and basketball?

 

 

 

 

5. The witch turned 32 people into animals. She turned 1/2 into butterflies, 1/4 into birds, and the rest were turned into bunny rabbits. How many were turned into butterflies, birds, and bunny rabbits?