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Types of exercises: what fraction of the group, word problem: what fraction of the whole, finding the whole from a part, increasing or decreasing by a fraction.
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There are 2 apples and 5 pears in a basket. What fraction of all the fruit are apples?
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10 l of water was poured into a bucket, which is 5/8 of its capacity. How many litres does the whole bucket hold?
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Last year 810 pupils went to a school. This year the number of pupils has gone down by 2/9. How many pupils go to the school this year?
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What fraction of a day is 8 hours?
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A bunch of flowers is made of 3 tulips and 3 daffodils. What fraction of the bunch are tulips?
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There are 3 girls in a class, which is 1/10 of all the pupils. How many pupils are there in the class?
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A jacket cost 460 zloty. The price went down by 3/10. How much does the jacket cost now?
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What fraction of a metre is 5 centimetres?
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There are 25 students in a class, and 7 of them are girls. What fraction of the class are girls?
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1/10 of the way to school is 200 m. How many metres is the whole way?
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