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- Steve 3
Steve is making breakfast. The recipes call for 7/8 cup of milk for grits and 3/4 cup for biscuits. He only has 2 cups of milk. Does he have enough to make his breakfast? - Health department
A survey by the state health department found that the average person ate 208 pounds of vegetables last year and 5 125 8 pounds of fruit. What fraction of the total pounds of fruit and vegetables do the pounds of fruits represent? - 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. - Mother 16
Mother cooks food in 1 3/4 hours and prepares the children's snack in 4/6 of an hour. How much longer does she cook the food than prepare the children's snacks? - Tara combines
Tara combines 2 1/4 liters of iced tea and 3 liters of lemonade into a jug. She then pours 3/4 liter of the tea/lemonade mixture into each glass. How many glasses of the mixture can she pour? - Aaron
Aaron filled the bird bath with 72 ounces of water. A group of bluejays came by and drank 6.19 ounces. Then, a vulture swooped in and drank twelve and three-fifths ounces of the water. How much water is left in the bird bath? - Wendy 2
Wendy is creating a large soup based on a recipe. Her recipe calls for 3/4 of a pint of milk, but she only has 5/8 of a pint of milk, so she can only make a portion of her soup. What fraction of her recipe can Wendy make? - Shandra
Shandra saved $24. She lends 1/3 of her savings to her brother. Shandra wants to buy an $18 bracelet. Will she have enough money to purchase the bracelet? Explain - Boxes to mail
Leah has six boxes that she wants to mail. Five identical boxes weigh 3 and 7/8 pounds each. The last box weighs two times as much as one of the other packages. How many pounds do all six boxes weigh? - Your are
You are cutting as many 32 1/4-inch sections as you can out of a board that is 129 inches long. How many pieces can you get out of the board? - The temperature 42
The temperature in your town is 31 °F. The radio announcer says that the temperature will drop by 15 degrees. What will the temperature be? Write an equation to show how you found your answer. - 3 purchases
Joe bought a sweatshirt for $19.95, a T-shirt for $10.75, and a pair of shoes for $65.70. How much did he spend on the three purchases? - A road 2
A road crew must repave a road that is 4/5 miles long. They can repave 1/20 miles per hour. How long will it take the crew to repave the road? Write your answer in simplest form. - Submarine and plane
A submarine is floating 900 m below sea level. Directly above it, an aeroplane is flying at an altitude of 4,800 m above sea level. What is the vertical distance between the two? - Charlie 2
Charlie has $10 1/2; she went to the store and bought a chap-stick for $1.75. How much money does she have now? - Katy bought Katy bought 4/5 kg of oranges, 2 1/2 kg of bananas, and 1 1/2 kg of apples every day. How many kilograms of fruit did she buy each day?
- Pizzas 2
Josiah's family is making four pizzas for dinner. They have one over two pounds of shredded cheese and put an equal amount on each Pizza. How many pounds of cheese did they put on each Pizza? - Mrs. Susan 2
Mrs. Susan received a shipment of 60 novelty baseball caps. Of the caps, 1/3 had bug antennae, 2/5 had moose antlers, and the rest had plastic propellers. How many of the caps had plastic propellers? - A marathon 2
Dean ran marathons on 50 consecutive days. How far did Dean run altogether if a marathon is 26 1/5 miles? - Gemma 2
Gemma works in a bakery. She is making up family boxes of bakery goods. Each box needs 3 loaves of bread. If Gemma has 20 loaves of bread: a) How many family boxes can she make? b) How many loaves of bread are left over?
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