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3rd Grade Math Worksheet 14

Fractions

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3rd Grade Math: Free Elementary Math Worksheets: No. 14
Fractions

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 1 Boy in monkey suit clip art

Simon wore a monkey suit and climbed a banana tree. He plucked a huge banana but only ate 2/13 of it. He gave the rest of the banana to his pet gorilla. The gorilla ate twice as much as Simon and threw away the remainder because there was a squirming maggot inside. What fraction of the banana did the gorilla threw away?

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Challenging 3rd Grade Math Worksheets: Maths Problem 2

Bob had a lot of fat juicy pimples on his face. He pinched 4/19 of them on Monday. He pinched thrice as many pimples on Tuesday as he did on Monday. How many pimples were left on Wednesday?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 3

Wally Weasel stole some chickens from Farmer Fred's farm and hid them in his house. Detective Fox eventually caught the weasel but it took him a long time to find the kidnapped chickens. He found 3/23 of the chickens in a bedroom. There were 5 times as many chickens in the basement as in the bedroom. He was not able to find the rest of the chickens. What fraction of the chickens was lost?

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Free Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 4

My mother cooked some delicious snail spaghetti last Friday. I ate 4/17 of the spaghetti. My hungry brother wolfed down twice as much as I. How much of the spaghetti was left after that?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 5

I caught a mother giraffe, a father giraffe and a baby giraffe on Sunday and kept them in my backyard. There was only one tree in my backyard. The tree had 17/18 kg of leaves in it. Father Giraffe ate 2/9 kg of the leaves. Mother Giraffe ate 5/18 of the leaves. The hungry baby ate some leaves too. If there was 1/9 kg of leaves left, how much did Baby Giraffe eat?

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Challenging 3rd Grade Math Worksheets: Maths Problem 6

My mother made 19/21 l of delicious lizard-eye stew for us. My father ate 4/21 l of the stew when he came back home from work. My brother ate 1/7 l when he came back home from school. I ate the rest. How much did I eat? (By the way "l" stands for liter.)

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Math Problem 7

The loonies in my house plucked an enormous ripe papaya and decided to make skateboards out of it. The length of the papaya was 14/15 m. Loony Lennie cut 2/5 m of the papaya for himself. Crazy Carl cut some for his skateboard and threw the remaining 4/15 m of the papaya at my math teacher. How much papaya did Crazy Carl cut for his skateboard?

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Free Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 8

My Singapore math teacher took 13/20 h to mark 3 math worksheets. She took 1/20 h to mark Sandy's worksheet because Sandy was very smart. She took 2/5 h to mark Jenny's worksheet because Jenny made a lot of silly mistakes. How long did my math teacher take to mark my worksheet?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 9

Explorer Ed was walking in the jungle when he fell into a snake pit. There were altogether 500 hissing snakes in the pit. 3/10 of the snakes were crazy cobras. If there were 34 more slippery pythons than rabid rattlesnakes, how many rattlesnakes were there?

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Challenging 3rd Grade Math Worksheets: Maths Problem 10

I had 320 fleas on my head last month. I asked my pet monkey and my pet cow to remove the fleas. My happy pet monkey removed 1/8 of the fleas and popped them into his mouth. My pet cow licked off some of them. The rest of the fleas fled from my head in terror. If the number of fleas that fled was 10 fewer than the number that was licked off by my cow, how many fleas fled?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 11

Treppy Town was invaded by 280 giant mutant cockroaches. Superhero Sonny killed 3/7 of the cockroaches by stomping on them. He killed the rest of the cockroaches by shooting them with his laser gun and catching them with his super tongue. If he killed 38 more cockroaches with his tongue than with his laser gun, how many cockroaches did he kill with his laser gun?

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Free Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 12

My grandfather had 560 strands of hair sprouting out of his ears. He pulled out 5/8 of his hair with a pair of tweezers. He removed the rest of his hair with a machete and a pair of shears because his hair was as thick as a bush. If he removed 74 more strands of hair with a machete than with the shears, how many strands of hair did he remove with the shears?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 13

Peter Puffin threw a tantrum and jumped on his teddy bear because he didn't receive any presents on his birthday. His mother ran to the toy store and bought 360 Barbie dolls, train sets and model cars for him. Peter Puffin was overjoyed when his mother brought home the toys. 1/3 of the toys were pretty Barbie dolls. There were 52 more model cars than train sets. How many model cars did Peter Puffin get?

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Challenging 3rd Grade Math Worksheets: Maths Problem 14

A monkey, a mouse and my math teacher took part in a banana eating contest. The winner would take home a gorilla that could cook and clean. 280 bananas were laid on the table. The monkey gobbled up 2/7 of the bananas. The mouse nibbled 94 fewer bananas than my math teacher. How many bananas did my amazing math teacher eat?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 15

Private doing pushups in front of drill instructor

Drill Instructor Darren was a mean man. He forced three privates to do as many pushups as they could. The three privates did a total of 720 pushups until they collapsed from sheer exhaustion. Peter Private did 4/9 of the total number of pushups. Poobalan Private, who was very tough, did 164 more pushups than Pedro Private. How many pushups did Poobalan do?

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Free Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 16

When I opened my bedroom door to go to bed last Sunday, I almost screamed in fright. 880 baboons, gerbils and elephants were knitting wool sweaters for me. 5/11 of the kind animals were baboons. There were 60 fewer gerbils than elephants. How many elephants were knitting wool sweaters for me?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 17

I was swimming in the Red Sea last Monday. When I dived to the bottom of the sea, I saw 700 scuba diving marine creatures quarreling over a game of cards. They were dolphins, dugongs and sharks. 3/7 of the marine creatures were sharks. If there were 7 times as many dugongs as dolphins, how many dugongs were there?

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Challenging 3rd Grade Math Worksheets: Maths Problem 18

My sister was cursed by wicked witch last month. Now to my poor sister's dismay, she has 500 warts on her ugly face. Some of them are hairy, some pimply and some gangrenous. 3/4 of the warts are hairy. If my sister has 4 times as many pimply warts as gangrenous warts, how many pimply warts does she have?

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Free Elementary Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 19

Wilfred Wizard likes to conduct mad experiments on dragons. He caught 900 fire dragons, ice dragons and wind dragons last year. 2/9 of the dragons were fire dragons. If he had 6 times as many ice dragons as wind dragons, how many ice dragons did he have?

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Free Math Worksheets: Fractions: Maths Problem 20

My head was feeling terribly itchy last night. When I shaved my head bald this morning, I found 560 smelly lice clinging to my head. 1/4 of the lice were wearing red hot blouses. The rest were wearing either green blouses or blue prom gowns. If there were 5 times as many lice wearing blue gowns as green blouses, how many lice were wearing blue prom gowns?