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Camp cottage children
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?
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.
Minute hand angle
How many hours does it take for the minute hand to travel a straight line and a right angle?
Ribbon veil sewing
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?
The rice
There are 4 kilograms of rice. Each boy scout can consume 1/5 kilogram of rice per meal. How many boy scouts can consume the rice?
Two kids
Two kids are sharing 3/5 of a pizza. What fraction of a whole pizza will each kid get?
Sarah 3
Sarah ran 4 7/8 miles, then walked 1 11/12 miles. Could you find the total distance she traveled?
Joe had
Joe had a full tank of petrol in his car. His car consumed 2/9 of the tank of petrol on Saturday and 1/3 of it on Sunday. What fraction of the tank of petrol was left after the weekend?
Cube structure count
Maťko built a structure from 13 cubes. Adam used fewer cubes than Maťko for construction. How many dice could Adam use?
Jolene
Jolene is cutting a strip of yarn that is 11/12 inch long pieces that are 2/12 inch long for a collage. How many complete pieces can she make?
My mother
My mother has 15 grams of gold. How many grams were not used if a pair of earrings need 1 1/4 grams of gold?
David 4
David made 4/3 of a quart of fruit juice. Each mug he has holds 1/3 of a quart. How many mugs will David be able to fill?
The cost 9
The cost of 8 1/4 L petrol is $33. What is the cost of one liter?
Bookshop
Ali went to a bookshop. He spent 3/5 of his money on books and 1/4 of it on a pen. What fraction of his money did he spend altogether? What fraction of his money did he have left?
Double 23
Double 1.25, then subtract 0.75. What do you get?
Musa worked
Musa worked for 44 hours during one five days a week. His hours are from Monday through Thursday: 3 3/4, 6 7/12, 11 5/16, and 6 5/6. Calculate the number of hours he worked on Friday.

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