Word Problems: Fractions - 3 | Mathematics for Class 5 PDF Download

Q1: In February 2021 , a school was working only three-fourths of the total number of days in the month and the remaining number of days given as holidays. How many days did the school work in the month of February?
Ans: The year 2021 is a non-leap year. We know that a non-leap has 28 days in February month. So, the total number of days = 28.
Given, the school was working only three-fourths of the total number of days in the month. The number of days school working in February month = 3/4 of 28.
 
Hence, the school working for 21 days in the month of February for the year 2021.

Q2: An oil container contains  litres of oil which are poured into  litres bottles. How many bottles are needed to fill  litres of oil?
Ans: Given, a container holds total oil of  litres, and the total amount held by each bottle is   litres.
Consider the number of bottles required is x.
From the given question, the total oil in the container is equal to the product of oil in each bottle and the number of bottles required.

Therefore, 3 bottles are required to fill the total oil in the container.

Q3: At a party, total 280 ice-creams are prepared. Four-seventh of them is eaten by the children. Find the ice-creams eaten by the children.
Ans:
Total ice-creams prepared = 280
Number of ice-creams eaten by children
Hence, children ate 160 ice-creams.

Q4: Keerthi needs  cups of sugar for baking a cake. She decided to make 6 cakes for her friends. How many cups of sugar did she need for making the 6 cakes?
Ans: Given, Keerthi needs  cup of sugar to make a cake.
The total cups of sugar required to make 6 cakes is calculated by multiplying the sugar needed for one cake with the number of cakes that needs to be prepared by Keerthi and is given by
Convert the above-mixed fraction to an improper fraction by multiplying the denominator with the whole and add to the numerator keeping the same denominator as

The total cups of sugar needed for making 6 cakes
Hence, Keerthi needs 9 cups of sugar to make 6 cakes.

Q5: A square garden has the area 36/25 sq.ft. Find the side of the square garden.
Ans: Given the area of the square garden is 36/25 sq.ft.
Let the length of the side of the square garden is a fts.
We know that area of the square = side × side = a² 
Thus, a² = 36/25

Hence, the length of the side of the square garden is 6/5 feet.