Solve the following problems.

Question

1.Larry read 3/5 of a book in the morning. He read the remaining 36 pages of the book in the afternoon. How many pages were there in all?

2. Jerome sold fruits at the market. He sold of 4/9 them and 80 fruits were left. How 9 many fruits did he have at the beginning?

3. Gino thinks of a number One-fourth of his number is 12 more than one-eighth of

his number What number does Gino think of?

4. Edwin had a sum of money. He spent 3/4 of the amount to pay for a T-shirt and 4 half of the remaining to buy snacks. He had $25 left. How much money did he have at the beginning?

5. At Mr. Gonzales' stall 3/4 of the apples were red and the rest were green. He sold 1/2 of the total number of apples. 5/6 of the apples sold were red and 28 green 6 apples were left. How many red apples did he sell?

6. In a competition, the number of children who participated is 4/3 as many as the adults and the number of women was 1/3 of the number of men. If there were 27 men, how many children were there?

Answer 1

Hint for #1: He read 3/5 of a book, so he has 2/5 left to read, which they tell you is 36 pages. 36 is 2/5th of what?