Fraction Word Problems (With Words)

                    Lesson 1

Problem:                   There are fifty employees at one company. Two fifth are officers. How

many employees are clerk? 

Solution                    Read the problem carefully

Step 1:                                   

Solution                    Multiply the total number by the fraction to get total number of officers.

Step 2:       50 x 2/5 = 20 officers

Subtract the number of girls from the total to get the number of clerks.

50-20= 30 clerks

Solution                    The answer is:  30 clerks

 Step 3:

Complete                                             

                                                            Try two practice problems:  

                                                                                    Solve the following:

A.	To make twelve cookies, Daren uses four cups of flour to six cups of chocolate. If he uses six cups of chocolate, how many cup of flour will he use?
B.	Fred completes ten projects in eight days. How many projects should he be able to complete in twelve days?

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