Fraction Word Problems for Class 7 – Practice with Everyday Math

1. Baking Cakes

Ravi is baking cakes. Each cake requires 2/3 kg of sugar. He plans to bake 5 cakes. He checks and finds 9/2 kg of sugar at home.
(a) How much sugar is needed in total for 5 cakes?
(b) Do they have enough sugar? Justify with calculation.
(c) How many full cakes can Ravi bake with 9/2 kg of sugar?


2. Making Fruit Juice

A recipe for fruit juice uses 5/6 litres of orange juice per jug. Sarah wants to prepare 6 jugs. She has 5 litres of orange juice.
(a) How much orange juice is required in total?
(b) Does she have enough orange juice?
(c) How many full jugs can she prepare with 5 litres?


3. Filling Boxes with Sweets

Each gift box contains 7/10 kg of sweets. Aman wants to fill 8 boxes. He has 20/3 kg of sweets.
(a) What is the total amount of sweets needed?
(b) Does Aman have enough sweets?
(c) How many full boxes can he fill with 20/3 kg of sweets?


4. Making Paint Mixture

To paint one wall, Renu uses 3/5 litre of paint. She has to paint 7 walls. She has 5 litres of paint available.
(a) How much paint is needed for 7 walls?
(b) Is the available paint sufficient?
(c) How many full walls can she paint with 5 litres?


5. Planting Trees

For each row in the garden, 1/2 kg of seeds is required. Arjun plans to plant 10 rows. He has 9 kg of seeds.
(a) How many kilograms of seeds will be needed?
(b) Is the available quantity of seeds enough?
(c) How many rows can be planted with 9 kg?


6. Making Sandwiches

Each sandwich needs 1/4 loaf of bread. Tanya wants to make 12 sandwiches. She has 3 loaves of bread.
(a) How much bread is required in total?
(b) Does she have enough loaves?
(c) How many sandwiches can be made with 3 loaves?


7. Preparing Lemonade

Each jar of lemonade requires 2/5 litres of lemon juice. A party needs 9 jars. There is 4.5 litres of lemon juice available.
(a) How much lemon juice is required?
(b) Is 4.5 litres sufficient?
(c) How many full jars can be prepared with 4.5 litres?


8. Making Candles

To make one candle, 3/8 kg of wax is needed. Riya wants to make 16 candles. She has 6 kg of wax.
(a) What is the total wax required?
(b) Is 6 kg enough to make all candles?
(c) How many full candles can she make with 6 kg?


9. Feeding Animals

Each cow consumes 4/5 kg of fodder daily. A farmer has 6 cows and 30 kg of fodder.
(a) How much fodder is needed for one day?
(b) Can the farmer feed all cows for one day?
(c) For how many cows is 30 kg of fodder sufficient for a day?


10. Watering Plants

Each plant needs 3/10 litres of water daily. A gardener has 15 plants and 51/5 litres of water.
(a) How much water is needed daily?
(b) Is 10 litres sufficient for all plants?
(c) How many plants can be fully watered with 51/5 litres?

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