Sheet # 708 Fractions
Name: _____________________ Date_____________
1) Mrs. Jones is an office employee. She works 40 hours per week. She spends 25 hours a week typing and spends the rest of the time on other clerical duties. Mrs. Smith is an office employee too. She also works 40 hours. She spends 20 hours a week typing. Using fraction, write an expression to find the total number of hours Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith spend typing each week.
2) Tom brought 12 pieces of candy to the park. Sam brought 8 pieces of candy. Carol brought 16 pieces of candy. Tom ate 8 pieces of candy. Sam ate 6 pieces of candy. Carol ate 10 pieces of candy. Using fraction, write an expression to find the total number of candies eaten by Tom, Sam and Carol.
3) There were 5 pizzas. Each pizza was cut into six pieces.
Carol, Jose, and Mary each ate three pieces of pizza. Boris ate eight pieces of pizza. Using fraction, write an expression to find the total number of slices of pizza eaten by Carol, Jose, Mary and Boris.
Answers for sheet # 708
1) (25/40) + (20/40)
2)(8/12) + (6/8) + (10/16)
3) (3/30) + (3/30) + (3/30) + (8/30)