revision on Fractions

1. Jim is 9 years old. Shen Yuan is 1 1/3 times as old as Jim. Cheryl is half as old as Shen Yuan. What is their total age 12 years later? 2. There were a total of 1150 people watching a circus performance. After 2/3 of the adults and 550 children left, there was an equal number of children and adults left. How many children were watching the circus performance at first? 3. The number of chocolates Natalie has is 4/9 the number of chocolates Nicole has. The number of chocolates Nicole has is three times the number of chocolates Nadiah has. Nadiah has 15 fewer chocolates than Natalie. (a) How many chocolates does each of them have? (b) How many chocolates do they have altogether? 4. After Pamela has sold 3/8 of her muffins and Sally has sold 2/5 of her muffins, both of them have the same number of muffins left. If the total number of muffins left was 150, how many muffins did each of them have at first? 5. Fabian bought 3 baskets containing 48 durians per basket. He sold 5/8 of them at 3 for $14 and 2/3 of the remainder for $4 each. The rest of the durians had worms and were thrown away. How much money did Fabian earn if he bought the durians at $120 per basket? 6. Mojo won some money at a lucky draw. He gave 2/5 of the prize money to his mother. He kept 1/3 of the remainder for himself and distributed the rest equally among his four sisters. Each of his sisters received $288. (a) How much did he keep for himself? (b) How much more money did he give his mother than each of his sisters? 7. Sharleen spent 2/5 of her money on an eveing gown. Her grandmother gave her $25 as a birthday gift. She then spent 2/5 of all that she had on some books. In the end, she had $87 left. (a) How much did she pay for her books? (b) How much did Sharleen have at first? 8. On Monday, some Mathematics worksheets were printed. The number of worksheets printed on Monday was 1 times of those printed on Tuesday. The average number of worksheets printed on the following 3 days was 44 more than times the number of Mathematics worksheets printed on Monday. If the total number of worksheets printed on Tuesday to Friday was 1287, how many worksheets were printed on Monday? 9. 3/8 of the number of concerts Bubbles has performed in was the same as the number of concerts Buttercup has performed in. After Bubbles and Buttercup have performed in 20 more concerts each, the number of concerts Buttercup has performed in became 10/13 that of the number of concerts After Bubbles and Buttercup have performed in 20 more concerts each, the number of concerts Buttercup has performed in became 10/13 that of the number of Bubbless concerts. If they have performed in 460 concerts in total, how many concerts did each of them perform at first? 10. Bee Yian, Elsie and Kelly made a box of paper cranes. The number of paper cranes Bee Yian made was 10 more than the total number of paper cranes in the box. The number of paper cranes that Elsie made was 16 more than of the remaining paper cranes in the box. Kelly made the remaining 26 cranes. (a) How many paper cranes did they make in all? (b) How many paper cranes did Elsie make?