1. The document provides instructions and examples for students to complete math word problems involving fractions. 2. Students are given 15 minutes to answer 5 practice problems involving calculating various fractions of amounts. 3. The problems cover topics like calculating portions of a total amount, comparing fractions, and solving multi-step word problems.

2. Class encounter

3. Directions:
 Bring out black pen
Class encounter
 Answer items 1 - 4
 You are given 15 minutes for this activity

4. Example 1
66 graders were invited to test two new
computer applications. 5/6 of the students
preferred Prenzi. The others preferred Grapes.
How many student preferred Grapes?
11 11 11 11 11 11

5. YOU TRY
The Parkway Diner baked 48 brownies last
Sunday for customer appreciation day. They
gave away ¾ of the brownies in the first hour.
How many brownies were left?
12 12 12 12

6. Example 2
The Snoop and Spy detective agency had 18
mysteries to solve last year. The detective were
able to solve 1/3 of the mysteries. The rest were
unsolved. How many mysteries were unsolved?
6 6 6

7. YOU TRY
Dana has a collection of coins. After giving 5/6
of her coins to her neighbour, she had 7 coins
left. How many coins did Dana give to her
neighbour?
7 7 7 7 7 7

8. Let’s have some exercises!

9. ITEM NUMBER 1
Jacob’s little bike repair business made
55 pesos yesterday. He decided to save
1/11 of his earnings and spend the rest
on supplies. How much money did
Jacob spend on supplies?

10. ITEM NUMBER 2
The Rocketeers have won 3/5 of the 50
games they’ve played against the
Lasers. How many games have the
Rocketeers won?

11. ITEM NUMBER 3
Grace went to the store and spent 5/6
of her money on a board game. The
board game cost 35 pesos. How much
money did Grace have at first?

12. ITEM NUMBER 4
2/3 of the children at the art show were
girls. There were 10 boys. How many
girls attended the art show?

13. ITEM NUMBER 5
I am thinking of a number. 4/5 of that
number is 32. What is the number?

14. Let’s check!

1) 50 pesos
2) 30 games
3) 42 pesos
4) 20 girls
5) 40

15. Let’s proceed…
For group A:
The third grade class decorated the school
cafeteria with 36 balloons. 1/3 of the balloons
were white. The rest of the balloons were blue.
How many balloons were white?

16. Let’s proceed…
For group A:
Noah had 24 buttons to sell. He sold ¾ of the
buttons on Saturday and the rest on Friday.
How many buttons did Noah sell on Saturday?

17. Let’s proceed…
For group A:
Mr. Johnson, the science coach, poured 33
ounces of water into a container. The container
was then ¾ full. What was the capacity of the
container?

18. GROUPINGS!
Please work on the task
given to you …
QUIETLY!
- Respect others who need
silence; don’t disturb them.

22. Reminders:
 1 whole sheet of paper
 Show your solutions
 Box your final answer
 Final answers should be
in simplest form
 Math format with P.S.
1. Ashley is riding her
bicycle 36 miles from
Valley to Central. She
has completed 2/3 of
her trip. How many
miles has completed?

23. Reminders:
 1 whole sheet of paper
 Show your solutions
 Box your final answer
 Final answers should be
in simplest form
 Math format with P.S.
2. Alex had 24 hats in his
collection. He gave 1/3
of his hats to his
classmate and the rest
to his neighbour. How
many hats did Alex’s
neighbour get?

24. Reminders:
 1 whole sheet of paper
 Show your solutions
 Box your final answer
 Final answers should be
in simplest form
 Math format with P.S.
3. Sam and Naomi are
detectives. Sam solved 2/5
of the mysteries last year.
Naomi solved 18
mysteries. Together, they
were able to solve them
all. How many mysteries
did Sam solved?

25. Reminders:
 1 whole sheet of paper
 Show your solutions
 Box your final answer
 Final answers should be
in simplest form
 Math format with P.S.
4. Paul put some money in
his pocket and went to the
store. He used 2/7 of his
money to buy a t-shirt and
had 55 pesos remaining.
How much did t-shirt cost?

26. Reminders:
 1 whole sheet of paper
 Show your solutions
 Box your final answer
 Final answers should be
in simplest form
 Math format with P.S.
5. A tip cup contains 36
coins. ¼ of the coins are 5
peso coin and the rest are
10 peso coin. How many
10 peso coin are there?