Thursday, April 5, 2012

Word Problems - Fractions

1. John caught some fish. He sold 2/5 of the fish and cooked 12 kg of the fish. He had 1/3 of the fish left. How many kilograms of fish did he catch?

2. James was fixing a jigsaw puzzle. After two days, he fixed 1/5 of the puzzle. After another week, he managed to fix another 44 pieces and he still had 2/3 of the puzzle to fix.
(a) How many pieces were there in the jigsaw puzzle?
(b) How many more pieces did James need to fix to complete the puzzle?

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17 comments:

  1. Mdm Toh,I also don't know how to do.

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  2. AAHAHAHHA I KNOW HOW DO ALREADY.

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  3. My yeast exploded around my study table!ahhhhhhhhhhhh!My ipad has yeast on it too!Grossssssss!Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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    1. And it is seriously gross...........................

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    2. im in hot soooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    3. a....arghh....Arrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!I dun no how to do q2!!!!!Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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    4. :( i'm sorry about your loss :( anyway what soup are you in?

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    5. Hehehehe!!!! Why are you in hot soup???? I had bought yeast home last night, 7 April 2012. I tried to make bread but when i put in the oven, i got the same thing as Regan, a black piece of dough.

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    6. Ernest,the thing that is causing to make the dough black as there is no wheat,rice grain and milk!

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  4. Mdm Toh,I accidentally sumbit my response without completing all the questions,so I sent in another response.

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  5. I think I know how to do already.I write the workings down on a piece of paper.

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  6. Mdm Toh, I did this task on my math challenging sum. I will hand my book to you on Monday.

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  7. I don't think i know how to do question 2. It is quite confusing. 44 cannot divide by 7. It got remainder. Oh yeah, after ten minutes of thinking i've got the aanswer!!!!!!

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