Subtraction fractions problems - page 24 of 29
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- Submerging
Monica dove 9 meters below the ocean's surface. She then dove 13 meters deeper. Then she rose 19 and one-fourth meters. What was her position concerning the water's surface (the water surface = 0, minus values = above water level, plus = above water level - Gas tank
The car's tank was two-twelfths full. When Dad filled the tank with gas, the volume of gas increased by five-eighths of the tank's volume. What fraction of gasoline did the car use when the tank is now 1/3 full? - Nathan
Nathan is playing a trivia game. Each correct answer is worth 2 1/2 points, and each incorrect answer is worth −1/4 points. If he gets 35 questions correct and 32 questions incorrect, how many points does he have? A. 87.5 B. 79.5 C. 75 D. 8 - Vegetables - plot
The Happy family has a garden measuring 8 m × 3 m with vegetables planted in it. Peppers occupy 1/12 of the garden, tomatoes occupy 1/8, and strawberries occupy 1/6. They decided to plant sweet potatoes in the remaining area. What fraction of the garden i - A man 3
A man buys a box containing 286 fruits. Half are apples and the rest are pears. 4/13 of the pears are rotten. He sells the good pears at ₹4 1/11 each. How much money does he receive from selling the good pears? - You leave
You leave school at the end of the day and walk 3/8 of a mile away before realizing that you left your backpack and immediately turn around. You then walk 1/6 of a mile back towards school at this point. Assuming you walked in a straight line, how many mi - Simplify 3
Simplify mixed numerals expression: 8 1/4- 3 2/5 - (2 1/3 - 1/4) Show your solution. - 7th grade pupils
Students researched which winter sport is most popular among their classmates. They found that 2/5 would most like to play hockey, 2/9 prefer skating, 3/10 prefer skiing, and 1/15 do not like any winter sport. What proportion of pupils prefer a sport othe - A car 6
A car holds 15 liters of fuel. The car consumes 3 liters of fuel each 100 km. We started a trip of 350 km with a full tank of fuel. How much fuel remains in the tank at the end of the trip? - Jack had
Jack had 4 hours of school. He spent 45 minutes in the library, 1/2 hour on a science lecture, and 25 minutes on a lunch break. How much time is left for the school to get over? (Write the answer as a fraction.) - Ski savings fraction
Adam is saving for new skis. In August, he saved two-sevenths of the total price, in September one-eighth of the total price, and in October two-thirds of the missing amount. Express as a fraction how much he still has left to save from the price of the s - Glass balls
Clay balls and several transparent glass balls spilled out of Peter's pouch. Color the balls one by one if you know that 1/6 were red, 3/8 were blue, 7/24 were green, and 1/12 were yellow. How many glasses did he have? - Bathroom 4
Dolor puts 3 1/2 pails of water into a water container in the bathroom daily. Her daughter, Lei, uses 2 1/4 pails of water daily when taking a bath. If the water container had 5 5/8 pails of water at the start, how much water would be left in it after fiv - The Mayflower
The Mayflower sailed for 66 days on its voyage from England to America. If 1/2 of the days at sea were sunny with good weather, 1/6 of the days were sunny but very windy, and the rest were stormy, how many days of stormy weather did the pilgrims experienc - 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 - The distribution
The distribution of an office payroll of a certain company was as follows: 1/9 for technical assistants; 1/6 for executives; 2/15 for the accounting force and The rest is for the general clerical service. How much was allotted to each group if the total p - Three friends
John, Peter, and Pablo each carried a 24-liter bucket full of water down the hill. After they reached the bottom, John's bucket was only 3/4 full, Peter's bucket was 2/3 full, and Pablo's was 1/6 full. How many liters of water did they spill altogether on - A farmer's heritage
A farmer died, leaving his 17 horses to his three sons. When his sons opened up the testament and read: My eldest son should get 1/2 (half) of the total horses; My middle son should be given 1/3rd (one-third) of the total horses; My youngest son should be - Sum of mixed
The sum of two mixed numbers is 15½. One of the numbers is 5 ¾. What is the other? - Visit to grandmother
Robert's family traveled 5/8 of the distance to his grandmother's house on Saturday. They traveled 1/3 of the remaining distance on Sunday. What fraction of the total distance to his grandmother's house was traveled on Sunday?
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