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- Brooke
Brooke divided 2/3 by 1/6 and got 1/9. Her classmate told her that she wasn't correct. What do you think went wrong with Brooke's solution? Explain your answer in 2 - 3 sentences.
- Wednesday 67114
Emil and Erika are playing a board game. a) on Monday, they started playing at 17:36 and played for 45 minutes. What time was it when they finished? b) on Tuesday, they played from 4:47 p.m. Until half past six. How many minutes did they play? c) they pla
- Bucket of clay
Tina and Bill share a 12-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Tina had used 1/6 of the bucket, and Bill had used 2/3 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket?
- Continent
Uncle Tann travels a lot. In each city, he buys a postcard as a souvenir. Tana divided the postcards for him according to the continents. She found that out of 63,756 postcards, one seventh is from Asia, one quarter is from America, one eleventh is from A
- 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
- Brigade - railing
Jonza and Ondřej had the task of painting 1,000 pieces of processed wooden railing parts on a joint brigade. On the first day, Honza painted 153/1,000, Ondřej 14/100. Which of the boys worked faster? How many pieces still need to be painted? Estimate how
- Toilets
Federal law requires all residential toilets sold in the United States to use no more than 1 3/5 gallons of water per flush. Before this legislation, conventional toilets used 3 2/5 gallons of water per flush. Find the amount of water saved in one year by
- Sir Toffie
One hot afternoon, Sir Toffie went to his backyard to plant monggo. He discovered that they accidentally mixed different seeds like monggo, pechay, eggplant, and tomatoes in his seed box because of the strong wind. He sieved the mixed seeds and got 4 ¾ sc
- White and blue - Anna
Anna used 8.1 pints of white and blue paint to paint her bedroom walls. Four-fifths of this amount is white paint, and the rest is blue paint. How many pints of blue paint did she use? Express your answer in fraction and decimal form. Solve on paper.
- Equivalent fractions 2
Write the equivalent multiplication expression. 2 1/6÷3/4
- Turtles 2
A box turtle hibernates in the sand at 11 5/8 ft. A spotted turtle hibernates at 11 16/25 feet. Which turtle is deeper? Write the answer as number 1 or 2.
- Distribution of property
Rajendra, a farmer, had two sons and two daughters. He decided to divide his property among his sons and daughters. So he wrote a "WILL" about the distribution of his property. According to his "WILL", he desired to give 3/5 of the pro
- Equivalent expressions
A coach took his team out for pizza after their last game. There were 14 players, so they had to sit in smaller groups at different tables. Six players sat at one table and got four small pizzas to share equally. The other players sat at a different table
- Math:
Math: solve each problem. 1. for the school's intramurals, a group of students prepared 23 1/2 liters of lemonade to sell. They had 3 5/8 liters left over. How many liters of lemonade were sold? 2. My mother bought 3 3/4 kg of beef, 23/5 kg of pork, and 5
- Rajendra
Rajendra, a farmer, had two sons and two daughters. He decided to divide his property among his sons and daughters. So, he wrote a "WILL" about the distribution of his property. According to his "WILL," he desired to give 3/5 of the property to his sons i
- Diophantus
We know little about this Greek mathematician from Alexandria, except that he lived around the 3rd century A.D. Thanks to an admirer who described his life through an algebraic riddle, we know at least something about it. Diophantus's youth lasted 1/6 of
- The inheritance
Dad initially decided to bequeath the money to his two sons so that they would share it 8:7 (older and younger). Then, he changed his mind and divided the same amount into a ratio of 11:9 (older and younger). This step increased the inheritance value for
- Profitable company
Three businessmen decide to open up their own company. They agree to distribute the yearly profits made in the same ratio as their initial investments. They invest R 50 000, R 75 000, and R25 000, respectively. The profit made by the company in the first
- Grand Pardubice Steeplechase
Jirka decided to divide the winnings from the bet in Grand Pardubice Steeplechase (Velká Pardubická) between himself and his three younger brothers according to age in the ratio of 2:3:5:7. They paid each amount in whole crowns. One of the amounts was CZK
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