Physical quantities - practice problems - page 6 of 177
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- 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 - 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? - Tim had
Tim had $360. He spent 1/4 on CD's and 2/3 of the remainder on snacks. What was left in his piggy bank? - 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? - 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?
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