Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Using Fractions

What is the best way to solve for this problem?

1/9 of the shirts sold at Peter's shop are striped. 5/8 of the remainder are printed. The rest of the shirts are plain colored shirts. If Peter's shop has 81 plain colored shirts, how many more printed shirts than plain colored shirts does the shop have?
Gary and Henry brought an equal amount of money for shopping. Gary spent $95 and Henry spent $350. Generate a word problem using the information above and provide a detailed answer.