Math word problems
Duration – 10 mins
Level – Easy

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- Ashley and four friends went trick-or-treating. Each of them got 4/5 of a bag of treats. How many bags of treats did they get in total?
- Ken drinks 2/7 of a carton of milk each day. How much milk does he drink in 3 days?
- There are 8 water bottles, and each bottle is 3/ 4 filled with water. If we pour all the water together, how many water bottles can be filled up?
- At a birthday party, there are 15 children. Each child will eat 3/16 of a pizza. How many pizzas should the host order?
- If each dozen cookies needs 3/4 of a bag of flour to make, how many bags of flour does grandma needs to buy if she is making 10 dozen cookies?
- Ashley and four friends went trick-or-treating. Each of them got 4/5 of a bag of treats. How many bags of treats did they get in total?
Concept tested:Fractions.
When you read the word problem, you will observe that the word “each” stands for 1 unit .
So if 1 bottle costs $10. then 25 bottles will cost the price of 1 bottle x 25. i.e. $10 x 25 = $250.
Answers:
- 5 friends . 5 x (4/5) = 4 bags
- 3x(2/7) = 6/7 of the carton of milk
- 8x(3/4) = 6 bottles
- 15 x (3/16) = 45/16 pizza
1 dozen cookies – 3/4 of bag
10 dozen cookies – x bags
x = 10 x 3/4 = 30/4 bags