Word problems with fractions

Difficulty Starter · Set 185l9s

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1
A class of 21 pupils goes outside. 1/3 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
2
A class of 20 pupils goes outside. 1/10 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
3
A class of 21 pupils goes outside. 2/3 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
4
A class of 16 pupils goes outside. 1/2 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
5
A class of 25 pupils goes outside. 1/5 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
6
A class of 6 pupils goes outside. 1/3 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
7
A class of 25 pupils goes outside. 2/5 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
8
A class of 40 pupils goes outside. 2/10 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
9
A class of 24 pupils goes outside. 2/4 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
10
A class of 6 pupils goes outside. 2/3 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
11
A class of 12 pupils goes outside. 2/6 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
12
A class of 15 pupils goes outside. 2/3 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
13
A class of 16 pupils goes outside. 1/2 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
14
A class of 35 pupils goes outside. 1/5 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
15
A class of 36 pupils goes outside. 4/6 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
16
A class of 28 pupils goes outside. 1/2 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
17
A class of 16 pupils goes outside. 1/8 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
18
A class of 20 pupils goes outside. 4/5 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
19
A class of 40 pupils goes outside. 1/2 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?
20
A class of 30 pupils goes outside. 1/6 of them take a coat. How many take a coat?

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 1 to 40.
A careful solution takes 2 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 80% of the problems: that is how many did NOT take one.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 133 different ones, 55% — so a sheet of 20 will come back to a problem you have seen — there are only so many sensible ones of this kind.

The same skill, harder or easier

We would put this in front of a grade 5 class. That is our judgement, not a standard, and it is printed here so you can disagree with it. Everything else we put in that year.