Fraction Spotting Word Problems 1 - Captain Salamander’s Journey

Oct 22, 2026

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Fraction spotting word problems focused on grade-level rational number reasoning through Captain Salamander’s journey around the world. Students answer eight scenario-based questions involving plane vs boat travel, TV vs swimming time, underwater vs above-water swimming, juice mixture composition, sharing chocolates, diet proportions, converting sleeping time to awake time, and gender fractions among passengers. An answer key provides the fractional solutions for each question.

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Captain Salamander’s Journey

Questions and Answers

Name Date FRACTION SPOTTING WORD PROBLEMS 1 CAPTAIN SALAMANDER’S JOURNEY 1) Captain Salamander goes on a long journey around the world. He travels ¼ of the journey by plane, and the rest by boat. What fraction of the journey does he travel by boat? 2) Whilst on the boat, Captain Salamander spends his free time watching TV and swimming. He spends 3∕8 of his free time watching TV. What fraction of his free time does he spend swimming? 3) When swimming, Captain Salamander likes to spend most of his time underwater. He only spends 1∕10 of his time above water. What fraction of his time swimming is spent underwater? 4) His favourite drink is a mixture of cranberry juice and water. He drink is 2∕5 cranberry juice. What fraction of the drink is water? 5) Captain Salamander shares a box of chocolates with some friends he has met up with. He gives his friends 4∕9 of the chocolates. What fraction does he have left? 6) On the boat, he eats a diet of crayfish and fish eggs. About 2∕7 of his diet is fish eggs. What fraction of his diet is crayfish? 7) Captain Salamander has a lazy time on the trip and spends about 15 hours a day sleeping. What fraction of the day does he spend awake? 8) If 7∕10 of the passengers on the boat are male, what fraction are female? Name Date FRACTION SPOTTING WORD PROBLEMS 1 ANSWERS CAPTAIN SALAMANDER’S JOURNEY 1) Captain Salamander goes on a long journey around the world. He travels ¼ of the journey by plane, and the rest by boat. What fraction of the journey does he travel by boat? ¾ of the journey 2) Whilst on the boat, Captain Salamander spends his free time watching TV and swimming. He spends 3∕8 of his free time watching TV. What fraction of his free time does he spend swimming? 5∕8 of the time 3) When swimming, Captain Salamander likes to spend most of his time underwater. He only spends 1∕10 of his time above water. What fraction of his time swimming is spent underwater? 9∕10 of his time 4) His favourite drink is a mixture of cranberry juice and water. He drink is 2∕5 cranberry juice. What fraction of the drink is water? 3∕5 is water 5) Captain Salamander shares a box of chocolates with some friends he has met up with. He gives his friends 4∕9 of the chocolates. What fraction does he have left? 5∕9 of the chocolates 6) On the boat, he eats a diet of crayfish and fish eggs. About 2∕7 of his diet is fish eggs. What fraction of his diet is crayfish? 5∕7 of his diet 7) Captain Salamander has a lazy time on the trip and spends about 15 hours a day sleeping. What fraction does he spend awake? 9∕24 or 3∕8 8) If 7∕10 of the passengers on the boat are male, what fraction are female? 3∕10 of the passengers

FAQs

How do you find the fraction of the journey Captain Salamander travels by boat?

Subtract the plane fraction from the whole journey. If he travels 1/4 by plane, the boat fraction is 3/4.

What fraction of Captain Salamander’s free time is spent swimming?

Use the complement of the TV fraction. If he spends 3/8 on TV, he spends 5/8 swimming.

If 7/10 of the passengers are male, what fraction are female?

Take the remaining part of the whole. The female fraction is 3/10.

Oct 22, 2026

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