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Red candles
For Christmas, the Veselá family made gel candles. Father Veselý filled an entire jar with green gel. Mother Veselá filled one sixth of the jar with green gel and the rest with red. The daughter used the same amount of green and red gel. The son poured on
King of Bohemia
King of Bohemia Charles IV divided the entire family wealth among all his descendants. Wenceslas IV received 5/18; his younger brother Sigismund of Luxembourg received 1/9 less than Wenceslas IV. Jan Zhořelecký was assigned 6/63. Which of these three brot
Miška race placement
Misha finished ninth fastest and fifth slowest in physical education class. How many girls ran in PE class?
Caesar birth death
Gaius Julius Caesar was born in 100 BC. He was murdered when he was 56 years old. Calculate: a) in what year was he murdered? b) How many years ago was he born? c) How many years ago did he die?
Quarter thirty-six number
What is a quarter of 36?
Sponge cake packages
There are 5 sponge cakes with chocolate coating in the package. Calculate the number of biscuits in 3, 6, and 9 packages.
Machine production time
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?
Flour smooth coarse
The troika sold 27 kg of smooth flour and one-third as much coarse flour. How many kilograms of flour did she sell together?
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?

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