Word Problems
Word Problems
Word Problems
OF THE
FOLLOWING
PROBLEM.
Daru missed 7
questions on a 20-
item quiz. What
part of the quiz did
he get correct?
One lunch break in the
school cafeteria,19
students had rice
meals, 14 had pasta,
and 7 had sandwiches.
If there were 45
students in the
cafeteria, what part of
them had pasta?
Ruel, a realtor, sold 77
condominium units
from the 300-unit
condominium building
in Makati City. What
part of it was sold?
What part of it was not
sold?
4
Teresita, a rice dealer,
has 75 sacks of
Sinandomeng rice in her
storage room. On a
certain day, she sold 950
kilos. If one sack has 50
kilos, how many sacks
were she able to sell?
How many sacks were
left in the storage room?
5
Grade 11 students were able to
raise P7,550.75 in the Pondo ng
Pinoy drive. Pondo ng Pinoy
collects only 25-centavo coins.
How many 25-centavo coins were
collected?
6
In a packaging division,
there are 42 packaging
machines. At any given
time, 6 of the machines are
turned off for tune up. What
fraction of the machines are
operating at one time?
7
Feliz is ready to print her
83-page thesis paper for her
adviser and four panelists.
She also wants to keep a
copy each for herself and
for her parents. Is one ream
of bond paper enough?
What part of one ream will
be used for printing? (One
ream is 500 sheets.)
8
Mrs. Mercado gave a test in her Math
class of 55 students. In one of the
items, 12 students got the correct
answer. What part of the class failed
to answer the said item correctly?
9
Loombands are colorful
rubberbands that can be made into
an accessory. Because of its
popularity, Jam decided to buy a
set of loombands including 4,200
pieces of bands. If 1/8 of the bands
are red, how many bands are not
red?
10
Carlo spends 2/3 of a day
working on his research. If
he finished doing his
research in three days, how
many hours did it take Carlo
to work on it? (Assume that
he had consistent working
rate.)
11
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A 10-centavo coin
is what fraction
part of peso?
13
If a regular
employee works for
40 hours per week,
what fraction of a
day does he work?
14
5/8 of the school staff
are male. 5/12 of the
school staff works
part time at the
University. What
fraction of the staff is
female?
15
A serving of soup is
1 ¾ cups. A
restaurant cook
makes 31 ½ cups of
soup. How many
people does she
expect to serve
with that amount?
16
Martha has 5 7/8
meter of cloth. She
needs 1 1/6 meter of
it to make 1 prop.
How many props can
she make out of the
cloth?
17
It took Juliana 6 hours
on the first day, 5
hours the second day,
and 3 hours the third
day in typing the term
paper in Business
Mathematics. How long
did Juliana work, as a
fraction of a 24-hour
day? 18
Marie is to be given 5/7
gram of medication
after breakfast, 2/7
gram after lunch, and
1/7 gram before she
goes to bed. How many
grams of medication
will she receive in a
week? 19