Meritus Academy M6 Class 2: homework

First name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student ID:______________

Fractions Homework
Basic problems:

1. Complete. Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form. Show work!

1. 6 1 2. 4 1 3. 3 9 4. 1 5
4 - 2 = 1 + = 6 + 1 = 3 - =
7 2 9 2 4 12 2 7

5. 1 2 6. 4 1 7. 5 1 8. 2 1
2 - 1 = - = 1 + 5 = 4 + 2 =
5 3 8 2 6 3 6 2

9. 4 2 10. 2 5 11. 1 4 12. 3 2

+ 6 = 5 + 3 = 6 - 2 = 3 - =
5 10 3 6 2 7 4 3

2. Complete. Write your answer as a mixed number in simplest form. Show work!

1. 7 1 2. 8 2 3. 3 4. 10 7
2 × = × 1 = 3 ÷ 2 = ÷ =
10 2 9 7 10 11 8

5. 5 6. 5 1 7. 1 3 8. 1
1 ÷ 9 = × = 1 ÷ 2 = 8 × =
8 9 2 2 4 11

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9. 6 6 10. 9 2 11. 2 1 12. 1 2

÷ = × = 3 × 2 = ÷ 1 =
11 10 12 7 4 2 3 6

3. Find the greatest common factor of each set of numbers.

1. 66, 36, and 32 2. 90, 96, and 10 3. 84, 48, and 66

4. 4, 52, and 44 5. 42, 91, and 7 6. 72, 24, and 96

4. Find the least common multiple. Show Work!

1. 4, 10, and 16 2. 7, 14, and 17 3. 2, 6, and 12

4. 6, 24, and 54 5. 5, 25, and 40 6. 6, 30, and 48

Challenge problems:

1. Linda spent 3/4 of her savings on furniture. She then spent 1/2 of her remaining savings on a
fridge. If the fridge cost her $150, what were her original savings?

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2. The Chocolate Factory has to package 60 pounds of chocolate. Each box must contain 3/4 pound
of chocolate. Each box is then sold for $3.50. If all of the boxes are sold, how much will the
Chocolate Factory collect?

3. Karen promised Sara that she would give half of her remaining money to Sara after giving 7/8 of
it to her favorite charity. If Karen gave $672 to her favorite charity, how much money will Sara
receive?

4. Gary works at Ghosts and Goblins, a Halloween store. He puts orange, black, and white
Halloween candies in boxes. After he fills a box, 1/4 is orange, 1/6 is black, and 21 are white.
How many candies does Gary put in each box?

5. Benjamin found a bag of money. He decided to give 1/2 of the money to his best friend, 1/4 of the
money to his sister, 1/8 of the money to his mother, and 1/16 of the money to his dad. The amount
of money that was left was $1.25. How much money was in the bag when Benjamin found it?

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6. A Drug Store parking lot has space for 1000 cars. 2/5 of the spaces are for compact cars. On
Tuesday, there were 200 compact cars and some standard size cars in the parking lot. The parking lot
was 3/4 full. How many standard size cars were in the parking lot?

7. John gave half of his stamps to Jim. Jim gave half of his stamps to Carla. Carla gave 1/4 of the
stamps given to her to Thomas and kept the remaining 12. How many stamps did John start with?

8. A school has 10 classes with the same number of students in each class. One day, the weather was
bad and many students were absent. 5 classes were half full, 3 classes were 3/4 full and 2 classes
were 1/8 empty. A total of 70 students were absent. How many students are in this school when no
students are absent?

9. Water conservation can be a big problem in some parts of the world. If a community's water pump
drips 3 drops every second and each drop is 1 1/3 ml, how much water in litres will be wasted in one
year?

10. Shane the Snail started at the dot. What side will he be on when he has crawled 13/20 of the
distance around the regular pentagon of equal sides? (Assume the snail moves in a clockwise
direction)