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- Ricardo
Ricardo is 1 9/10 metres tall. If Ricardo is 3/10 meters taller than Joan, what is Joan's height in meters?
- A farmer
A farmer produces apples and pears in a ratio of 7:6. If she harvests 42 tonnes of apples, how many tonnes of pears does he produce?
- Amira
Amira has 4/5 of a tank of fuel. She uses 1/10 of a tank per day. How many days will fuel last?
- School time
If Martin started school at 8:30. If he spent 6 3/4 hours in school, what time did he leave school?
- Jacob 4
Jacob is dividing 5 aquariums into 1/8 of aquarium sections for his different animals. How many 1/8s are there in Jacobs 5 aquariums?
- A piece 10
A piece of fabric is 6 1/6 yards long. If 3 1/4 yards are cut off, how many yards remain?
- A fruit 2
A fruit salad recipe uses 3 3/4 cups of condensed milk. How much milk is needed if 2 2/3 times the recipe is prepared?
- Flour to water
If the ratio of flour to water in a bread recipe is 5:2, how much water would you have to add to 17.5 cups of flour?
- X y/10
X y/10 is a fractional number that is greater than 6.895 but smaller than 7.8. If x and y are both single-digit natural numbers and x < y, then find the numbers.
- Soup 4
Cornell makes 11/12 of a gallon of soup. He eats equal portions of soup for 5 days, with no soup remaining after the 5th day. How many gallons of soup did Cornell eat each day?
- Fabric - Jose
Jose had 1 5/7 yards of fabric and used 24/59 yard for a project. What fraction of the fabric did he use?
- The world record
The world record for the longest dogtail is 77/100 meters. The previous record was 1/20 meter shorter than the current record. Was the previous record holder longer than 3/4 meter?
- Full tank 2
Robert has a full tank of petrol. He drove to Manly and used 1/8 of a tank and then to Gosford using another 4/8 of a tank. What fraction of a tank of petrol has he used?
- Ice-creams
Becky and Sam make 6 ice-creams for their friends. On top of each ice cream, they sprinkle 1/3 of a packet of jelly. How many packets of jelly do they need?
- Working day
Greg spends 1/4 of his workday in meetings and 1/12 of his workday answering phone calls. What is the total fraction of his workday that Greg spends in meetings or on phone calls?
- A novel
Juma was reading a novel of 400 pages. He read 1/5 pages on the first day. He read 3/10 of the remainder on day two. How many pages did he read at the end of day 2?
- A miner
A miner is working at an elevation of -64 7/9 and then ascends 22 1/3. What is the miner's new location?
- Rice cooking
Aunt had 1 3/4 kg of rice, then Aunt bought another 2 1/2 kg of rice, cooked 0.2 kg, calculate the remaining rice Aunt now.
- Jason 3
Jason bought 3 liters of cola. He drank 3/5 liters of it and gave 2/7 liters to his brother. How much cola did Jason have left?
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