Sheet # 230
Name: ________________________ Date_____________
Explain and Show Your Work.
1) In a group of 35 students, 15 walk to school, 5 ride their bikes, and the rest take the school bus. Express as a fraction the number of students that:
a) walk to school.
b) ride a bike to school.
c) take the school bus.
2) James read these fractions of his novel over a period of three days: 1/3, 1/3, 1/4. What fraction of the novel did he still have left to read?
3) Of the passengers on a train, 2/5 were women, 3/8 were men, and the rest were children. What fraction of the passengers were children?
4) Geoffrey swims 7/8 of the length of a swimming pool in the same time that Christy completes 3/4 of the length. How much farther ahead is Geoffrey?
Answers for sheet # 230
1) walk to school= 15/35 = (3/7)
bike to school = 5/35 = (1/7)
School bus: 3/7
2) Novel left to read = 1 - ( 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/4)
1 - (8/12 + 3/12)
1 - (11/12) = 1/12
3) Children= 1 - (2/5 + 3/8)
1 - (31/40) = 9/40
4) (7/8) - 3/4
(7/8) - (6/8) = 1/8