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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?
Road signs
The total length of a road trip was 18.9 hours. If highway signs are posted every 0.07 hours, including one at the end of the road trip, how many highway signs will there be on the road trip?
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?
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?
Glasses of juice
Jake's mom filled a 2-liter container with juice. Then Jake poured two glasses of juice. Each glass had precisely 400 milliliters of juice. How many liters of juice remain in the container?
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?
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).
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?
Sharing expenses
Twenty-one boys and 24 girls will equally share the expenses for a bus trip amounting to 1462.50 pesos. How much will each pay?
At night
On the night from Thursday to Friday, the temperature dropped to −7 °C. On Friday at noon, the temperature rose by 13 °C, and in the evening, the temperature dropped by 11 °C. What did the thermometer show on Friday evening?
Classmates 2
Classmates Peter, Vlado, and Michael arrived late to school. Peter was 1/4 hour late, Vlado was 2/8 hours late, and Michael was 4/16 hours late. How many minutes late was each of them?
Ton hour comparison
A) how many kg is 4/5 tons more than 7/10 tons? b) by how many minutes is 1/3 of an hour less than 5/6 of an hour?
Seamstress fabric meters
The seamstress has to sew 12 sheets and 12 pillows. How many meters of fabric does he need if he uses 4 m of fabric for one cover and 2 m for a pillow?

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