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Fraction and decimal operations. Word Problems
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1. Joe's dump truck can haul 3 and 1/3 tons of gravel. If he hauls 2 and 1/2 trucks full of gravel, how many tons of gravel did he move? (Multiply)

2. Craig walked into a store with $100. He bought a coat that cost $45.63. How much did he have left? (Subtract)

3. On Tuesday it snowed 1 and 1/4 of an inch. On Wednesday it snowed an additional 1 and 3/5 inches. How much snow was there all together? (Add)

4. Of the students in 6th grade, 3/5 pack their lunch. What percent of the students pack their lunch? (convert 3/5 to a percent)

5. Larry ran 4/5 of the way around the track before slowing down to walk. What percent of the track did he run? (Convert 4/5 to a percent)

6. A shop sells 200 chocolate and vanilla ice cream cones. 23/50 of the cones are vanilla What percent of the cones are vanilla? (Convert 23/50 to a percent)

7. Gwen has a piece of wood that is 8.25 feet in length. Gwen needs to cut pieces that are 0.75 ft in length. How many pieces can he cut? (Divide)

8. On average, human hair grows 1.25 cm per month. At this rate, how much would your hair grow in 24 months? (multiply)

9. An animal park has lions, tigers and zebras. 3/10 of the animals are tigers. What percent of the animals are tigers? (Convert 3/10 to a percent).

10. Kevin's dad works on a cargo train that travels 64.6 miles per hour. If the train runs for 4.25 hours, how far has it traveled? (Multiply)

11. LA Galaxy won 35% of their soccer matches. What decimal represents the games that they won? (Convert 35% to a decimal)

12. Janice is preparing a recipe that uses 3/4 cup of oil per serving. If she needs to prepare 2 and 2/3 servings, how much oil does she need? (multiply)

13. If 45% of the class is boys, what fraction of the class are boys? (Convert 45% to a fraction)

14. Andy owns a grocery store. On Monday, he sold 4.25 pounds of bananas, 12.375 pounds of carrots, 2.33 pounds of celery and 9.05 pounds of apples. How many pounds did he sell? (Add)

15. When surveyed 20% of kids said watermelon was their favorite fruit. What fraction of of kids is this? (Convert 20% to a fraction)

16. Catherine jogged 2/9 hour on her first day of training for the track team. what decimal represents the amount of time she spent jogging? (Convert 2/9 to a decimal)

17. Casey had 5/12 of a bag of candy. Mark had 7/8 of a bag. How much candy did they have together? (Add)

18. The school sold 0.28 of the books at the book fair on the first day. what fraction of the books was sold the first day? (Convert 0.28 to a fraction)

19. Of the 250 million cars on the road in the U.S. 2/50 are diesel. What decimal represents the cars that are diesel? (Convert 2/50 to a decimal)

20. Tim had $272.68 in his bank account. He wrote a check for $22.12 to pay his water bill. How much is left in Tim's bank account? (Subtract)

21. Bill got an 80% on his math test. What fraction of the test did he get right? (Convert 80% to a fraction

22. Lindsay is making muffins and the recipe calls 2 and 2/3 cups of flour. She only has 1 and 1/4 cups of flour. How much must she borrow to make the muffins? (Subtract)

23. A swimming pool is open for 7 and 1/2 hours a day. The pool keeps one lifeguard on duty at a time and each shift is 3/4 of an hour. How many shifts are there per day? (Divide)

24. There are 5 and 1/2 cups of granola in one box. Sal likes to eat 3/4 of a cup for breakfast. How many servings will he get out of the box? (Divide)

25. Sally rides her bike to work 43% of the time. What fraction of the time does Sally ride her bike to work? (Convert 43% to a fraction).