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Oliver took 710 hours to travel from his house to his office. After 8 hours of work, he travelled 34 hours from his office to his house. How long altogether did Oliver travel on that day?  \n2. On the first week, the company accountant completed 29 of the company’s annual financial reports which needed to be finished within 3 weeks. During the second week, she completed another 23 of the financial reports. What fraction of the financial reports did she finish during the first and second weeks? What fraction of the financial reports does she still need to finish in the third week?  \n3. Oliver gave an urgent task to his 2 assistants, Olivia, and Lucy. Olivia finished the task in 56 hours. Lucy finished the same work in 65 hours. Who worked longer? How many hours longer?  \n4. Oliver had an out-of-town company trip last week. Before the trip, he noticed that his car was 34 full of gasoline. After the trip, the gas tank was 29 full. What fraction of the gasoline in the car was used during the trip?  \n5. Oliver spent 13 of his salary for food, 16 for the water and electric bills and 19 for other expenses. The rest went into his savings. What fraction of his salary is used for his expenses? What fraction of his salary went into his savings?  \n6. Mr. Silva owns 45 of the stocks in the company where Oliver works. He wants to distribute his company stocks among his 3 children. He gave 310 of the stocks to his eldest child and 14 of the stocks to his youngest child. What part of the stocks will be given to the second child?  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)  \nAnswers  \n1. ~~ ~~710 + 34 = 1420 + 1520 = 2920 or 1 920 hours or 1 hour and 27 minutes Oliver travelled 1 920 hours that day.  \n2. ~~ ~~298 + 23 = 29 + 69 = 89  \n9 of the company’s annual financial reports were completed in weeks 1 and 2.  \n99 (One whole)– 89 = 19  \nThe accountant still needs to complete 19 of the company’s annual financial reports during the third week.  \n3. ~~ ~~65 > 56  \n65 – 56 = 3630 – 2530 = 1130 or 22 minutes  \nLucy worked 1130 hours longer than Olivia.  \n4. ~~ ~~34 – 29 = 2736 – 836 = 1396  \n1936 of the gasoline was used.  \n5. ~~ ~~13 + 16 + 19 = 618 + 318 + 218 = 1118  \n1118 of his salary pays for his expenses.  \n1818 (One whole)– 1118 = 718  \n718 of his salary went into his savings.  \n6. ~~ ~~451 –(310 + 14) = 45 – 1120 = 1620 – 1120 = 520 or 14  \n4 of the stocks will be given to his second child.  \nReading and Math for K-5 © [www.k5learning.com](www.k5learning.com)","cbCaiuHw12V3Mw24","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuHw12V3Mw24","pdf",97134,"English","# Fraction Word Problems\n## Practice Questions (1-6)\n## Answers","[{\"question\":\"How do the problems use adding and subtracting to find totals or remaining fractions?\",\"answer\":\"The worksheet combines fractions to compute amounts completed or spent, then subtracts from a whole to find what remains, such as reports left for the third week or salary savings.\"},{\"question\":\"What types of real-life situations are included in the questions?\",\"answer\":\"Situations include travel time between house and office, work completed over two weeks, comparing how long two assistants took for the same task, gas used during a trip, splitting a salary into expense categories, and dividing stocks among children.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the answers presented at the end of the worksheet?\",\"answer\":\"After the six questions, an answers section provides the computed steps and final results for each problem, including comparisons like who worked longer and fractional amounts used or remaining.\"}]","Fraction Word Problems - Grade 5 Word Problems Worksheet - Adding and Subtracting Fractions | PDF",1791791673]