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- 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 - 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 - Reducing scale
I am sizing some landscaping, and I measured everything on a 20 to 1 scale. I realized when I was done that it was at 30 to 1. How can I convert what I already have to 30 to 1. For example, if the grass area is 22,871.6' at 20 to 1, how do you figure it o - 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 - 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 - 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 - Jordan
Jordan wants to bring in cookie cakes to share with his 23 classmates for his birthday. His mom is willing to buy up to six cookie cakes, and Jordan must share the cakes equally with his classmates (and himself). Answer the questions to help Jordan decide - 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 - They competed
On April 1, the seventh graders competed for the worst written dictation. The winner was Jožo Poleno, who left out a letter in a third of the words of the dictation, made boldface in a quarter, forgot the soft part in a sixth, and despite all his efforts - Run 9
Every time Colin runs, he runs 3/4 of a mile. Whenever Isabel runs, she runs 1/4 of a mile. If Colin runs two times a week, how many times must Isabel run to cover the same distance as Colin? - Individual
On the hill behind Terchová, there is a sheepfold and a shepherd lives in it. He divided two hundred of his sheep into 4 groups in a mysterious way: If he had 4 more sheep in the first group, 4 fewer in the second, 4 times more in the third, and 4 times l - Pupil age
I am a primary school pupil, and I spent 1/4 of my age on parents' exercise with children, 1/3 on drawing, and 1/6 on flute. I did not have a ring for the first three years of my life and never went to two rings at once. How old am I?
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