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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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