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A farmer 8
A farmer uses 1/3 of his land to plant cassava, 1/3 of the remaining land to plant maize, and the rest for vegetables. What fraction did the farmer use to plant vegetables?
A reel
A reel of thread contains 20 1/2 m of thread. How much thread is left if Mr Sen used 4 1/4 m of the thread?
Dividing by negative mixed
Susan really wants to find 2 2/3÷-1 3/7. She writes the division as 2 2/3×-1 7/3. What is wrong with Susan's reasoning?
Write 9
Write the numbers given in the place value table in decimal form. Hundreds Tens. Ones. Tenths. 6. 1. 5. 4 8. 3. 2. 5 7. 9. 0. 3 1. 0. 3. 1 4. 8. 0. 7
A cook 2
A cook has 2 3/4 pounds of ground beef. How many quarter-pound burgers can he make?
Estimate 6
Estimate the number of pieces Sharon will have. If she divides 17 7/9 yards of fabric into 4/7 yard lengths.
Daniw
Daniw Elementary School has a total of 98 pupils. If 3/7 of them are boys, how many of the pupils are girls?
Rhara
Rhara must cut a string of 6 2/3 meters into lengths of 1/3 meters. How many pieces of string will she have?
Frac simplest form
A) Write 1 8/9 as an improper fraction in its simplest form. B) Use your answer to work out 5 / (1 8/9)
Mr Peter
Mr Peter bought a pizza. He ate 2/5. His son ate 1/5, and the rest his wife ate. What amount of pizza did his wife eat?
Edith
Edith wants to cut pieces of ribbon 1/3 meter long from a piece of 5/6 meter. How many pieces can be cut?
A cupcake
A cupcake takes just 1/4 of an hour to bake. How can cupcakes bake in 1 1/2 hours?
Three glasses 2
When a jug is half full, it contains enough juice to fill 3 glasses. How full would the jug be if it had enough juice to fill 5 glasses?
A pancake 2
A pancake recipe requires 3/4 teaspoons of vanilla, and a cake recipe requires 3 times as much vanilla as a pancake recipe. How many teaspoons of vanilla is required for the cake recipe?
The bucket
Anna and Joey share an 18-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Anna has used 1/3 of the bucket, and Joey has used 2/3 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket?
Maddie
Maddie has 180 coins. Of these coins, 1/12 are dimes. About how many dimes does she have?
The board
The board is 22 inches long. If he cuts the board into 8 equal pieces, how long will each piece be?
A bag 5
A bag of flour weighing 6/12 kilos was repacked at 1/4 kilo each. How many packs were made?
Mary spent
Mary spent 3/4 hour doing science and 1/8 hour reading. How much time did she spend studying?
A recipe 4
A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. How much flour is needed to reduce the recipe by 1/3?

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