Sheet # 614 Fractions
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
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1) There are 24 students in class. 11 students are boys. What fraction of the class is girls?
2) There are 28 children in the class. Eight are sick. What fraction of the class is not sick?
3) Mrs. Dixon has 20 students. Four students are sick. Six students go to help another teacher. What fraction of the class is left with Mrs. Dixon?
4) Sarah, Tom, Juan, and Margo are team leaders for their class for their Box Tops collection contest. Sarah's team collected 60 Box Tops. Tom's team collected 35 Box Tops. Juan's team collected 50 Box Tops, and Margo's team collected 55 Box Tops.
a) How many Box Tops did they collect in their contest altogether?
b) What fraction of the total did Sarah's team collect?
c) What fraction of the total did Juan's team collect?
d) What fraction of the total did Margo's team collect?
Answers for sheet # 614
1) 24 - 11 = 13
13/24
2) 28 - 8 = 20
20/28
3) 20 - ( 4 + 6) = 10
10/20 = 1/2
4)
a) 200
b) 60/200 = 6/20
c) 50/200 = 1/4
d) 55/200 = 11/40