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Fraction Word Problems
You must know fraction addition and subtraction to master this topic.
To review, see the Fraction Addition and
Fraction Subtraction topics.
Example 1: Identify the fraction
| Steven has 8 tacos and eats 3 tacos. What fraction of the tacos are left? |
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The number of tacos left is 8 - 3 = 5.
| The fraction of tacos left is |
# tacos left
Total # of tacos |
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Example 2:
| John has 3/5 kilogram of apples and 1/6 kilogram of lemons. How many more kilograms of apples than lemons does he have? |
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13
30 |
kg more apples than lemons |
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