Fractions problem solving
Stan Walker had 10 free tickets for his show. He gave away 1/2 of them on Mai FM.
How many tickets are still left?
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There are 8 kids.
1/4 of them are boys. How many are boys?
How did you work it out? Did you skip count or use repeated addition?
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There are 15 dogs.
1/3 of them are puppies.
How many are puppies?
How did you work it out? Did you skip count or use repeated addition?
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Tim, Billy and Bob are sharing a pizza.
What fraction of the pizza do they each get?
How did you work it out? Did you skip count or use repeated addition?
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Tom has a big box of 20 donuts.
¼ of the donuts are chocolate.
How many of the donuts are chocolate flavoured?
How did you work it out? Did you skip count or use repeated addition?
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I have 12 candles. I want to share them equally around my cake.
How many candles go on each ¼ of the cake?
How did you work it out? Did you skip count or use repeated addition?
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