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- 6 cups of strawberries
Mr. Hunter decided to make a healthy snack for the 20 students in his class. He gave each student a dish of yogurt and divided 6 cups of strawberries equally among the dishes. How many cups of strawberries did each student get in their yogurt? Write your
- Play video game
Tyson plays video games about 2 1/2 times more than the average kid. His mother thinks that he should cut down on his playing time by 1/4 of the time. How will Tyson's gaming compare to the average kid's if he makes this change?
- Three 233
Three adults and one child want to share the remaining 4/5 of a pie between them. They agree the child gets 3/10 of that amount, while the adults share what's left after the child is served. How much of a whole pie do the adults get? Report your answer as
- Cement and sand
Rasmus mixes cement with sand for some repair work. He used 3 5/6 kg of cement and 1/2 kg more sand than cement. In all, he needs 10 kg of the mixture. Does he have enough mixture? If yes, then how much more does it have? If not, then how much more does h
- Collin
Collin is making fruit for a birthday party using the recipe below Ingredients Pink lemonade ; 1 1/2 gal Seltzer water ; 2 3/4 gal Fruit juice ; 7/8 gal Collin is using a punch bowl that holds 8 gallons of punch. How much more punch could Collin make the
- Felipe
Felipe is planning a party. He has $50.00 to spend on sandwiches that cost $2.50 per person, $25.00 to spend on drinks that cost $1.50 per person, and $25.00 to spend on gift bags that cost $3.00 per person. Which expression could be used to show the amou
- A baker 6
A baker prepares a cake mix that weighs 120 pounds. The cake mix consists of 25 1/2 pounds of flour, 32 3/4 pounds of sugar, 20 3/8 pounds of milk, 15 pounds of whole eggs, and a total of 7 1/4 pounds of miscellaneous ingredients. The only other ingredien
- Plums 4
Last year, Peter's Market ordered 15 1/2 pounds of plums from a local orchard. This year, the market plans to order 1 1/4 times as many pounds of plums as were ordered last year. They want 2/5 of this order to be red plums. What is the total amount, in po
- Bellow one
What is 1/3 in whole number?
- Xero had
Xero had a piece of ribbon. He used 0.4 of it to tie 2 small boxes and 2 large boxes. The length of ribbon needed for a large box is 3 times the length of ribbon needed for a small box. Xero used 5/6 of the remaining ribbon to decorate the presents. a) Wh
- A ride
A ride-share company charges $5.25 per ride for up to 4 passengers. It also charges an additional $0.50 per mile. Becca takes a ride from the airport, and it costs $9.00. She wants to figure out how many miles her house is from the airport. Which equation
- An adventurer
An adventurer makes 2/5 of a car trip, 1/3 on horseback, and the rest on foot. He walks 80 km. What is the total length of your route?
- Three chefs
Let's say you have 3 Chefs that have made 14 cakes in 8 hours. Assuming they are working at the same efficiency, how many hours does it take 10 Chefs to bake 24 cakes? (Rounded to the nearest hour)
- Von went
Von went to a mall to buy some things for his school projects. He spent 5/8 of his money in a bookstore and 1/5 of the remainder in a grocery store. If he spent P120 in the grocery store, how much money did he have at the start? How much money did he have
- A man 10
A man gave 1/6 of his SSNIT benefits to his aged mother, 1/5 to his father, and 1/2 to his wife. If he still has 400 left, which he distributed among his four sons. Calculate a) his total SSNIT b) the amount is given to his mother c) the amount is given t
- Students
In a school, 2/5 of the total number of students come by car while 1/4 by bus, and others walk to school, of which 1/3 walk on their own and the rest are escorted by their parents. If 224 students come to school walking on their own. Find the total number
- Farmer 8
Farmer George cultivated 7/12 of his land with oranges and 1/5 of the remainder with cherries, and the remaining 40 acres he planted with cash crops. How much land did the farmer cultivate in all? What fraction of land does she plant with cherries?
- Muffins 3
Adela went out and bought some muffins. She gave 27 to Jack and 2/7 of the rest to her brother. She is then left with 1/2 of the number of muffins she had before. How many muffins did Adela have at first?
- A man 14
A man gave 1/3 of his wealth to his wife, 2/3 of the remaining to his daughter, and divided the remaining between his two sons equally. If the daughter received Rs 3000000 more than one of the sons, find the value of the father's property.
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