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Fractions
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1. Mum bought a box of mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. of the mooncakes were
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durian-flavored. of the remaining mooncakes were yam-flavored while the rest were
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pandan-flavored. There were 30 yam and pandan-flavored mooncakes. How many
mooncakes in the box were durian-flavored?
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2. Mary went to a party last Sunday and she ate a lot of food. of the food she ate were
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sweets. of the remaining food she ate were cakes and the rest were chocolates. She ate
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22 sweets and cakes in total. How many chocolates did Mary eat?
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3. Sam went fishing and caught many fishes of different colors. of the fishes were gold.
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of the remaining fishes were green while the rest were red. There were 45 green and red
fish. How many more red fish than gold fish were there?
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4. Mum and Dad went to Courts Megastore to buy 42 pieces of furniture on Sunday. of the
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items bought were lamps while of the items bought were chairs. of the remaining
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furniture bought were tables and the rest were carpets. How many tables and chairs in total
did Mum and Dad buy?
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FRACTIONS
(Part – Whole Concept)
Example 1:
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5. Halimah spent $36 of her money on a calculator and of her remaining money on an alarm
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clock. If she hadof her money left, how much money did she have at first ?
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6. Alan spent of his money on a WiFi speaker and of the remaining on a pair of Nike shoes.
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If he paid a total of $220, how much money did Alan have at first ?
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7. Alvin just received his pocket money. He spent $80 on text books and of the
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remainder on comics. If he is left with of the money, how much money did Alvin have
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at first ?
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2. Bonny baked a cake. She gave kg of the cake to a neighbour. She gave of the
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remainder to her sister. If she hadleft, what was the mass of the cake she baked ?
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FRACTIONS
(Working Backwards)
Example 1:
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9. Sally spent of her money and an additional $5 on cosmetics. She then spent of the
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remaining money and an additional $20 on a haircut. If she was left with $40, how much money
did Sally have at first ?
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10. Sarah read of a book and an additional 3 pages on Monday. She read of the remainder and
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an additional 6 pages on Tuesday. If she was left with 30 pages to read, how many pages is the
book ?
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11. 1. Alvin spent of his money and an additional $6 on text books and of the remaining
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money and an additional $8 on comics. He had $32 left. How much money did Alvin
have at first ?
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12. 2. Bonny baked some cookies. She gave of them and an additional 15 cookies to a
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neighbour. of the remainder and an additional 10 cookies to her sister. If she was left
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with 40 cookies, how many cookies did she bake ?
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