6 2 5 s ( Mathematics )

© 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 1 Q1. You get one-fifth of a bottle of juice and your sister gets one-third of a bottle of juice. Who gets more? Q2. There are 2 houses on Crystal's street. One-half of them are painted gray. How many gray houses are there on Crystal's street? Q3. Mariah has completed one-third of the parts of her research assignment. Charlotte has finished three-tenth of the parts of her research assignment. Who has finished a greater percentage of her research assignment? Q4. Roy exercised for 3/6of an hour, while seizer exercised for 3 /4of an hour. Who exercised for a longer time? GRADE 6 TOPIC: FRACTIONS 6/2/5/S © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 2 Q5. What is an improper fraction? A fraction where the denominator is bigger than the numerator. A fraction where the numerator is bigger than the denominator. A fraction where the numerator and the denominator are the same. Q6. 43 girls went to the ice cream shop. 16 of them had waffle cones and the rest had sugar cones. How do you write the fraction of the girls that had sugar cones in lowest terms? Q7. A cookie factory uses 1 1/4 barrels of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used 6 1/4 barrels of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make? A fraction in which there is a mistake. © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 3 Q8. A summer camp has 39 campers. One-third of them like to hike. How many campers like to hike? Q9. Dean completed 4 ½ of his project and Sally completed 4 ¼ of his project. Who has completed more? Q10. Carl's Vegetarian Restaurant bought 2/3 of a pound of green peppers and 1/3 of a pound of red peppers. How many pounds of peppers Carl's Vegetarian Restaurant bought in all? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 4 Q11. The table below shows the lengths of scarf knitted by Paula, Kerry, Tara and Robin in their Art and Craft class. Who knitted the longest scarf? Q12. Sonia filled a measuring cup with 5/8 of a cup of vegetable oil. Then she poured 3/8 of a cup of the oil into a frying pan. How much oil is left in the measuring cup? Q13. Eddie went to the candy store and bought 1/2 of a pound of candy. 1/5 of Eddie's candy was chocolate. How many pounds of chocolate candy did Eddie buy? Q14. Josh needs to buy 9 1/3 feet of packaging tape. There are 1 1/6 feet of tape on each roll. How many rolls of tape should Josh buy? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 5 Q15. Jenny buys yards of cotton fabric, cuts yard long piece. How much fabric is left? Q16. Annie made an apple pie. She used 5/8 of tablespoon of cinnamon and 1/8 of a tablespoon of nutmeg and then she found that cinnamon quantity is more so she took out 2/8 from there. How much cinnamon and nutmeg did Annie use in total? Q17. Mrs. Hoover baked apple pies for her family. The boys ate 9/10 of a pie and the girls ate 3/10 of a pie. Who ate more and by how much? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 6 Q18. Lauren and Riana each made a bowl of punch. Riana used 1 5/6 times as much lemonade as Lauren did. If Lauren used 6 cups of lemonade, how many cups of lemonade did Riana use? Q19. Elisabeth found two worms in the yard and measured them with a ruler. Worm A was 1/2 of an inch long and worm B was 3/10 of an inch long. Which one of the two was longer and by how much? Express the answer in the lowest form. Q20. Danielle ate five-sevenths of her orange before lunch and one-seventh of her orange after lunch. How much of her oranges did she eat in all? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 7 Q21. A piece of land is 8 5/6 miles wide. It is 9 times as long as it is wide. How long is the piece of land? Q22. This afternoon, Jacqueline left school, rode the bus 3 5/8 miles and walked 1 3/8 miles to get home. How much farther did Jacqueline ride than walk? Simplify your answer. Q23. Roy exercised for 3/6of an hour, while seizer exercised for 3 /4of an hour. Who exercised for a longer time? Q24. Last week, Lindsey's dealership sold one-fifth of its pick-up trucks. Across town, Greenwood Autos sold 1 out of its 10 pick-up trucks. Which business sold a greater percentage of its pick-up trucks? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 8 Q25. Alice visited 3/5 of her favorite websites. Mackenzie visited 4/7 of her favorite websites. Who visited a greater percentage of her favorite websites? Q26. Nancy was given 1 1/2 piece of cake and Natalie was given 1 1/3piece of cake. Find the total amount of cake was given to both of them. Q27. Marisa found an orange caterpillar and a green caterpillar in her backyard. The green caterpillar was 3 7/10 inches long and the orange caterpillar was 2 1/2 inches long. How much longer was the green caterpillar than the orange caterpillar? Q28. Claudia wants to buy 1 1/2 cups of almonds. There are 3/8 of a cup of almonds in each package. How many packages of almonds should Claudia buy? © 2009 -2011 tutorco.com 9 Q29. Veronica ran 2 laps around the track. If the total distance Veronica ran was 8 3/4 miles, how long is each lap around the track? Q30. Does this recipe call for more cinnamon candies or root-beer candies? cinnamon candies root-beer candies Candy mix 1 cup peppermint candies 3 8 of a cup butterscotch candies 1 1 3 cups caramel candies 2 cups cinnamon candies 1 3 4 cups root-beer candies