Arithmetic - practice problems

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Flags 2
1/4 are white and another 1/4 are yellow. What fraction of the flags are either white or yellow?
A football 2
A football team wins 2/5 of their matches and draws 1/3. What fraction of their matches are lost?
Mary read
Mary read 2/9 books in the morning and 5/9 in the evening. What fraction of books has she read?
Electronic price decrease
Each year a store decreased the price of a specific TV model by $35. If the price in 2001 was $1,950, what was the price in 2009?
Division decimals
When 40.6 is divided by 2, what is the result?
Production 80661
The production of 4 machines takes a total of 80 hours. They make every machine for the same amount of time. How long does it take to produce 1 machine, 2 machines, or 5 machines?
Kilograms 80660
The troika sold 27 kg of smooth flour and three times less coarse flour. How many kilograms of flour did she sell together?
Children 80653
The children in the camp slept in a cottage with 17 2-bed and 25 3-bed rooms. Other children slept in 8 cabins. Each had 1 4-bed and 1 3-bed room. All rooms and beds were occupied. How many children were in the camp?
Whole part
35/16 = 2.1875. What is the whole number of this decimal?
A decimal
A decimal rounded to 2 decimal places is 5.32. This decimal has 3 decimal places. What is the greatest possible decimal?
Rita bought
Rita bought a school shirt for $16.99, a pair of white gym shorts for $12.95, and a white T-shirt for $9.90. She turned in a voucher for $8.75. If she pays her bill with two 20 - dollar notes, what change did she receive?
A clock 2
A clock was set right at 6:00 AM. If it gains 3 1/2 minutes per hour, what time will it show at 6:00 PM on the same day?
During 2
During the 2006 Olympics, a gymnast received the following scores: 8.9, 9.2, 9.15, and 9.05. What is the sum of the gymnast's scores?
The special
The special mix contains 5/6 pounds of dried chicken, 2/3 pounds of dried bison, and 1/2 pounds of dried vegetables. How many pounds of the special mix does Max get? Explain how you found your answer.
Mansour
Mansour has 1/2 kilo of mangoes to divide equally into 8 different bags. What fraction of a kilo will be in each bag?
Hardware store
At the hardware store, 1/4 of the nails are size 2d, and 3/8 of the nails are size 4d. What fraction of the nails are either size 2d or 4d?
Sum of 25
The Sum of two rational numbers is -2/3. If one of the numbers is 4/5, find the other.
Seamstress 80601
A seamstress needs 3/5 meters of ribbon to sew the veil. How much can she sew like this if she bought 24 meters of ribbon?
A fruit
A fruit grower uses 1/3 of his land for bananas, 3/8 for pineapples, 1/6 for mangoes, and the remainder for oranges. What fraction of his land is used for oranges?
If four
If four friends evenly split 6 1/2 pounds of candy, how many pounds of candy does each friend get?

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