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Wednesday 29 May 2013

Find fractions


Finding fractions
LI: To work out the fraction of a quantity.

a)  At a fancy dress party ¼  of the 80 people had costumes. Show how to work out how many people had costumes at the party.
4÷80=20

Answer:20
b)  ⅔  of the class of 24 students owned cell phones. Show how to work out how many students in the class owned cell phones.
24÷3=16
Answer: 16
c)   There are 180 students. 6/10  of them walk to school. Show how to work out how many students walked to school.
18÷10=180
180÷6=30
Answer: 30
d)  There are 150 students at the school. ⅘ of the students went to the school camp. Show how to work out how many students went to camp.
150÷5=30
30÷4=120
Answer:30
This is what I done, theses are how I get my fraction answers.

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