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- Town hiking club
There are 36 people in the new town hiking club. 2/3 of the club must say YES if the club is to hike the Northern trail. Twenty people have voted YES. How many more YES votes are needed? - Marshall 2
Marshall Track team. After the race, the team goes to Connor's Pizza Palace. The pizza slices served at the Pizza Palace are ¼ of a whole pizza. There are 2 pizzas ready to be served. Nine students come in for lunch. Is there enough pizza for every studen - The temperature 44
The temperature when Jana 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? - 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? - The ribbon
Jody had some ribbon. She used 1/4 of it to tie and 1/2 to tie. She had 1/10 of the ribbon left. How much ribbon did she have at first? For your answer, please write as a fraction in the simplest form. - 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? - Fransisca
Fransisca read a book 391 pages long, reading 17 pages a day. There are two more books in the series. How long will it take Fransisca to read all three books if they have the same page length and she reads at the same speed? - Jessie
Jessie was given the problem 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = to solve. Jessie's work looks like this: 3 2/5 divided by 3/10 = 17/5 divided by 3/10 17/5 * 3/10 = 17:3/5:10 51/50 =5 1/50 Jessie's answer is incorrect. Answer the following questions about Jessie's wo - White paint
A painter needs 4 1/2 gallons of white paint. He has 1 1/4 gallons of white paint in his truck and another 3/6 gallons of white paint in a storage room. How many more gallons of white paint does the painter need? - Ross is
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 - 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? - 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? - At 7:00
At 7:00 AM, Peter took a reading of the outside temperature of 40℉. During the day, the temperature dropped 9℉, rose 5℉, and then dropped again another 2℉. What was the outside temperature at after his last reading? - Roberta
Roberta bought 9/10 pound of raisins. She put 2/5 pounds in bags for her lunch. How many 2/5-pound bags can Roberta fill? Does she have any left over? - 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? - Mrs. Dinah
Mrs. Dinah Tah Tanda divided her lot among her 4 children. The first got 3 1/2 ha, the second 3 1/3 ha, the third 3 1/4 ha, and the fourth 3 2/5 ha. How big is Mrs. Tanda's lot? - Rose and
Rose and Bill share a 30-ounce bucket of clay. By the end of the week, Rose has used 1/10 of the bucket, and Bill has used 2/5 of the bucket of clay. How many ounces are left in the bucket? - Product, sum and quotient
If the product of 1 1/6 and 3 2/3 is added to the quotient of 5/7 and 6/7, what is the sum? Write the solution as a mixed number or a fraction in the lowest terms. - A biology
A biology experiment required pouring 2/9 liter of nutrient solution and 2/3 liter of pure water into a tank. At the end of the experiment, 3/10 liter of fluid had evaporated. How much fluid was left in the tank? - 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.
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