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Spending in 3 days
Jesse spends 1/2 of his pocket money on Monday. On Tuesday, he spends 2/3 of what is left. On Wednesday, he spends 1/4 of what remains. What fraction of his pocket money does he have left?
The row
The row of shrubs will be 20 feet long. Maya planted three sets of shrubs. One shrub needs to be 7 1/2 feet from the other shrub. How can you use fractions to show how far apart each shrub is from each other?
Seeds 6
In his garden, Thomas plants carrot seeds 1/4 inch deep and bean seeds 7/8 inch deep. What expression can be used to find how much deeper Trey planted the bean seeds than the carrot seeds?
Miss Susan
Miss Susan cuts a board that is 16 feet long into 3 equal pieces. Then realizes that the pieces she cut each need to be 1 and 1/4 feet longer. How long does each piece of board need to be?
A piece 13
A piece of plank 2 1/2 cm thick is glued to another piece, which is 1 3/4 cm thick, to form a tabletop. Find the thickness of the tabletop if the glue used is 1/5 cm thick. primary school
Liz makes
Liz makes footprints in the snow with her boots that are 3/4 foot long. Liz's feet are only 2/3 foot long. What expression can be used to find out how much longer Liz's boot prints are than her feet?
The temperature 44
The temperature when Jane woke up this morning was −5 degrees. By lunchtime, it has warmed up, and the thermometer read 20 degrees. How many degrees warmer was it at lunchtime than when she had woken up?
A container
A container with 2 1/2 L of water is being poured into other containers that can hold 1 1/3 L of water. Each container has to be filled, so how many L of water will the last container hold?
The rope
Fred was learning to tie rope. He had 5 1/2 feet of rope. If each knot took up 4/5 of a foot of rope, how many knots could he make?
Cereals
Cole and Carl share an 18-ounce box of cereal. By the end of the week, Cole has eaten 1/6 of the box, and Carl has eaten 2/3 of the box of cereal. How many ounces are left in the box?
A ribbon
Bree has a piece of ribbon that is 6 inches long. She needs to cut it into equal pieces measuring 3/4 of an inch. How many pieces will she have? Answer in simplest form
Ross divide decimals
Ross is using his understanding of place value to divide the decimal 72.56 by the decimal 0.2 Which of the division problems shown could he solve to give him the same answer? A. 7,256 divided by 0.2. B. 725.6 divided by 2. C. 72.56 divided by 2. D. 7,256
Cody states
Cody states that 1/4 + ( - 6/8 ) = 1 whole, while Eddie says that it is - 1/2. Who is correct? Justify your answer and explain your thinking.
Sauce in the bowl
I cook 8 cups of pasta, then divide it equally among 5 bowls, and pour 1 1/4 cups of sauce into each bowl. How many cups of pasta and sauce are in each bowl in total?
Swim kilometers
Amy swam 2/9 kilometres to an island. Then she swam 1/9 kilometres to a boat. How far did she swim in all? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
Deli meat
Mrs. Matthews buys deli meat for her kids' lunches every week. This week, she buys 3.75 pounds of ham. How many sandwiches can she make if she uses 0.25 pounds of ham per sandwich?
Two cats
Sally has 2 cats. Each cat eats 1/4 of a tin of cat food each day. Sally buy 7 tins of cats food. How many days did she feed her 2 cats? Show your work.
Lily spent
Lily had $812. She spent 1/7 of the money on a cupboard and 1/6 of the remaining amount on a dressing table. How much did Lily spend on the dressing table?
Prawns and carbs
I buy 3 1/4 kg of prawns and 4 2/5 kg of carbs. 1 kg of prawns is RM 24 and 1 kg of carbs is RM 10. If I pay RM 50, what is my change?
Martha 4
Martha is making cookies for a birthday party. Her cookie recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar for one batch of cookies. If Martha wants to triple her recipe, how much sugar will she need?

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