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Subtraction equation
What should be subtracted from -3/5 to get -2/3?
Fractions - minus
What is the difference used estimation to justify your thinking? 11/12 - 1/3 - 1/6
Largest circle
If the largest possible circle is cut off from a 8 cm × 4 cm rectangle, what is the area in sq cm of the remaining portion?
Subtract 27
Subtract these mixed fractions: 7 2/3 and 3 1/9.
Electric iron
If the temperature of electric iron is 8 degree Celsius and rise by 10 degree Celsius, what is the current temperature?
Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for Rs 12000 and spent Rs 2840 on its overhauling. Then he sold it to his friend Rs 13860 . How much per cent did he gain or lose?
Children ratio
In a certain office 1/3 of the workers are women,1/2 of the women are married and 1/3 of the married women have children. If 3/4 of the men are married and 2/3 of the married men have children, what part of the workers is without children?
Common difference
What is the common difference of an AP (arithmetic progression) in which a₁₈ – a₁₄ = 32
Four fractions
There are four fractions: 5/8, 7/12, 1/3, and 2/5. Find the difference between the largest and the smallest fraction.
One half of students
There are 1200 students in the school. Of which 600 are girls. Find the percentage of boys.
A baker 6
A baker prepares a cake mix that weighs 120 pounds. The cake mix consists of 25 1/2 pounds of flour, 32 3/4 pounds of sugar, 20 3/8 pounds of milk, 15 pounds of whole eggs, and a total of 7 1/4 pounds of miscellaneous ingredients. The only other ingredien
Decorations 3
Each bundle has 48 red and white roses. There are 30 red roses in each bundle, and the rest are white. How many white roses are there in all?
Slab of a chocolate
Albany has 3/4 of a slab of chocolate he gives 2/5 of the slab to her friend Peter. How much chocolate does she have left?
The world record
The world record for the longest dogtail is 77/100 meters. The previous record was 1/20 meter shorter than the current record. Was the previous record holder longer than 3/4 meter?
The dimensions
The dimensions of a rectangular piece of paper are 22 cm × 14 cm. It is rolled once across the breadth and once across the length to form right circular cylinders of biggest possible surface area. Find the difference in volumes of the two cylinders that w
The difference 9
The difference of two numbers is 20 and their product is 56.25 times their difference. Find the LCM of the numbers.
The sum 49
The sum of two rational numbers is -5. If one of them is -13/6, find the other.
Time interval
Find the time interval between 7:40 AM and 1 : 20 PM.
A carpenter 3
A carpenter bought a piece of wood that was 0.9 meters long. Then she sawed 0.8 meters off the end. How long is the piece of wood now?
The store 2
The store owner ordered 3/4 of a sack of sugar. Each sacks of sugar contained 50 kilograms. The supplier sent only 2/3 of the order. How many more kilograms of sugar should the supplier send?

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