Sheet # 437
Name_________________________Date:_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
1) Laura is reading a 250-page book of short stories. In the morning she read 1/10 of the book. Later she read another story, from page 87 through page 117. What fraction of the book, in simplest form, did Laura read that day? How many pages did she read?
2) There are 40 people. 1/4 of them live in apartments and 40% of them in houses. How many live in apartments and houses?
3) You are having end-of-year party. You are baking cookies. You can put 24 cookies on each sheet. You use 4 cookie sheets. You give 2/6 of the cookies you baked to a neighbor and 10% of the cookies to a friend. How many cookies were left?
4) In Ms. Hatch's class, 7/10 of the children passed the math test. In Ms.Tyler's class, 18 of 25 children passed the math test.
a. In which class did a higher percentage of students pass?
b. What percent more of that class passed?
Answers for sheet # 437
1) 117 - 87 = 30 pages
Fraction: 30/250
Fraction of the book read = (1/10) + (30/250)
11/50 of the book read
Page read = 55 pages
2) Apartment = 10 people
Houses = 16 people
Total = 26 people
3) 96 cookies baked altogether
Neighbor = (2/6) x 96 = 32 cookies
Friend = (10/100) x 96 = 9.6 cookies = 10 cookies
Cookies left 96 - (32 + 10) = 54 cookies left
4) 70% of Hatch classed passed the test.
72% of Tyler class passed the test
(18/25) x 100 = 72%
a) Tyler class
b) 2% more