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Peter 2
Peter wanted to have 120 kilograms of fruit. He picked up ten bags. Each bag contains 9 1/2 kilograms. How many more kilograms does he need?
A PVC pipe
A PVC pipe 12 feet long is to be cut into 1 1/2 foot pieces. How many pieces can a plumber get out of this length pipe?
Items
Items A costs 675.35 while item B costs 1605.25. How much more was the cost of item B than item A? How much would you pay if you purchased items A and B?
Oil change
A container holds 1/4 gallon of oil. Jack is changing the oil in his vehicles and needs 11 containers. How many gallons of oil does Jack need?
Cookies
In a cookie jar, 1/4 of the cookies are chocolate chip, and 1/2 of the rest are peanut butter. What fraction of all the cookies are peanut butter?
Sally
Sally is making 15 individual blueberry cheesecakes. How many pounds of blueberries will be in each cheesecake if 5 1/4 pounds of blueberries are divided equally among them?
Monica 3
Monica works on her drawings for 2 hours. She spends 1/6 hour on each drawing. How many drawings does she work on in 2 hours?
One ball
The baker can stretch one ball of dough into a circle to make a pizza. After the pizza is cooked, it is cut into eight equal slices. How many slices of pizza can you make with three balls of dough? Solve this problem any way you choose.
Kenneth
Kenneth is painting his kitchen and bathroom. He bought 5 gallons of paint to paint the two rooms. He used 1/4 of that amount to paint the bathroom and the rest to paint the kitchen. Thus, Kenneth used 5 gallons of paint to paint the kitchen.
Visit to grandfather
Shane's family travelled 3/10 of the distance to his grandfather's house on Saturday. On Sunday, they travelled 4/7 of the remaining distance. What fraction of the total distance was travelled on Sunday?
Sandy
Sandy, John, and Marg baked pies for the Bake Sale. Sandy cut his pies into 6ths, John cut him into 8ths, and Marg cut hers into quarters. Sandy sold 11/6, John sold 1 3/8 pies, and Marg sold 9/4 pies. Who sold the most pies? Who sold the fewest?
Paper clips
Mrs. Bright is organizing her office supplies. In her desk drawer, there are five open boxes of paper clips. Each box has half of the paper clips remaining. Thus, there are five boxes of paper clips left.
Petra
Petra has 2 2/5 bags of premium cat food. Her cat eats 2/95 of a bag per day. How many weeks will the food last if the cat eats the same amount every day?
Marvin
Marvin buys a hose that is 27 ¾ feet long. He already owns a hose at home that is ⅔ the length of the new hose. How many total yards of the hose does Marvin have now?
Karina
Karina has 5 4/7 meters of cloth. She needs 3 1/6 meters of it to make a curtain for her window. How many meters of cloth was left to her after making the curtain?
Reciprocal value 2
Annabelle is making burger patties if each burger patty needs 1/16 kilogram of beef. How many patties can she make with a kilo of beef?
Conifer planting
Out of the total number of 128 trees and shrubs around the school, pupils planted 1/4 in the autumn. Of these planted trees and shrubs, 3/4 were conifers. How many conifers did the pupils plant in the autumn?
Below sea level
A submarine was situated 800 ft. Below sea level. If it ascends 250 ft., What is its new position? (Hint: Below sea level implies a negative integer).
Mom apple
Every time it is Friday, Mom takes five apples. Friday has already taken place 18 times. How many apples does my mom have if she always ate only 1?
Decoration collection discount
The collection of Christmas tree decorations costs € 12 before Christmas. After Christmas, we could buy it for three-fifths of the original amount. By how many euros did the collection become cheaper?

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