1. SOLUTION GAME (3º BILINGUAL GROUP)
1. A cake weighs 1,200 grams. 10% of the cake’s weight is butter. How many
grams of butter are in the cake?
2. 280 cars are parked in a car park. If 35% of them are white, how many white
cars are there?
3. Tomatoes cost € 2 per kilo. What is the price of one and a quarter kilos of
tomatoes?
4. Three quarter of a kilo of cherries costs € 3. How much does one kilo cost?
5. Anna buys a skirt that normally costs € 80. At the till they give her a 10%
discount. How much is the discount in euros? How much does she pay after the
discount?
6. The Jackson family bought a dishwasher and is paying for it in installments (in
installments=a plazos). The dishwasher costs € 460 and the family has paid off
three fifths of its total cost so far. How much is left to pay?
7. When I bought a book, the shop gave me a discount of € 4. If the discount was
equivalent to 20% of the book’s original price, what was the book’s original
price?

2. 8. My mother bought a cake yesterday. This morning three quarter of the cake
was left, but tonight only one eighth is left. What fraction of the cake was
eaten over the course of the day?
9. One third of a sports club’s members plays tennis. Half of all the tennis players
are women. What fraction of the club’s members are women who play tennis?
10. Half a litre of milk is poured evenly (evenly=en partes iguales) into three
identical glasses. What fraction of a litre does each glass hold?
11. In a small town, half of the population is over 40 years old and one sixth is over
60. What fraction of the total population is between 40 and 60 years old?
ANSWERS:
1. 120 grams.
2. there are 98 white cars.
3. The price is € 2.5.
4. One kilo of cherries costs € 4.
5. The discount is € 8. She pays € 72 after the discount.
6. The amount left to pay is € 184.
7. The book’s original price was € 20.
8. 5/8 of the cake
9. 1/6 of the members are woman who play tennis.
10. Each glass holds 1/6 of a litre.
11. The fraction is 1/3 .