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- 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 - Fruit punch
Kelly made fruit punch to serve at a party for her chess team. She mixed 1 2/5 liters of cranberry juice and 1 3/5 liters of pineapple juice together. Then, she split the fruit punch evenly among nine glasses. How much fruit punch did Kelly pour into each - 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 - Ribbon purchase
To decorate for the party, they needed 3 red ribbons, each 1/4 meter long, 5 white ribbons, each 5/8 meter long, and 4 blue ribbons, each 2/5 meter long. How many meters of ribbon did they buy altogether? (express as a decimal number) How much did they pa - 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 - Theater performance attendance
A theatre performance was attended by 258 students who paid €129 in total. How many students would need to attend for the ticket revenue to reach €150? - Linoleum cost discount
My aunt paid CZK 2,592 for linoleum in a 15 meters long rectangular hallway. How much did 1m of linoleum cost? The following month, linoleum was discounted by a third. How many crowns could the aunt save if she bought it a month later? - Petrol as fuel
A car can travel 480 miles on a full tank of petrol. The tank holds 60 liters. The fuel gauge shows there are 15 liters left in the tank. How many more miles can the car travel before it runs out of petrol? - 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? - Stock market 2
For the week of July 22, the forecaster recorded the following day-to-day changes in the stock market of a specific stock: -2 on Monday, +4 on Tuesday, -8 on Wednesday, + 2 1/2 on Thursday, - 3 1/4 on Friday. The stock began the week at 78 points. How man - Lengths of the pool
Miguel swam six lengths of the pool. Mat swam three times as far as Miguel. Lionel swam 1/3 as far as Miguel. How many lengths did Mat swim? - Birthday party
The mother bought 6 3/4 kg of hotdogs and 5 1/3 dozen bread rolls for her youngest son's birthday party. Hotdogs cost 160 per kilogram, and a dozen bread rolls cost 25. How much did she spend in all? - Silk Production from Cocoons
Beetles grown on leaves from 40 mulberry trees can produce 40 kg of cocoons yearly. 100 m of silk is produced from this amount. How much silk can be produced from cocoons grown on the leaves of 200 mulberry trees? - Number quarter comparison
Hello, this year I am doing the entrance exams for secondary school. I wanted to ask if I have an example: HOW MANY TIMES is a quarter of the number 1.5 smaller than the number 4 1/2, and I don't know what to do with that? HOW MANY TIMES will I add, subtr - Planting
The eighth graders took part in the planting of saplings in the forest for four days. On Monday, they planted a quarter of all the saplings they were supposed to plant. They planted a third of what they had left from Monday on Tuesday. On Wednesday, half - Paper harvest
Four boys passed the paper to harvest. John received 111 1/3 ducats, Michael 228 3/4, Peter 195 1/2 ducats, and Robert 146 1/4 ducats. How many kg of paper did each boy bring if they bought paper at 2.50 ducats per kg? - Fractions and mixed numerals
(a) Convert the following mixed numbers to improper fractions. i. 3 5/8 ii. 7 7/6 (b) Convert the following improper fraction to a mixed number. i. 13/4 ii. 78/5 (c) Simplify these fractions to their lowest terms. i. 36/42 ii. 27/45 (d) evaluate the follo - Land division calculation
The king divided part of his lands between his three sons. To the first, he gave one-fifth. To the second, he gave 40 ha less than the first, and to the third, he gave 30% of the whole. Write down what part of the land was left to the king. Calculation us - Test admission points
The test consisted of 50 questions, each with one possible correct answer. The test result is given by the sum of the correct answers, a maximum of 100 points. The criterion for admission was the achievement of 50 points. The study applicant answered 36 q
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