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A hill
Juan is walking up a hill at 130 3/4 feet above sea level when he kicks a pebble. If the pebble falls to the base of the hill, which is 18.5 feet below sea level, what is the vertical distance that the pebble fell?
The sum 51
The sum of two numbers is 100 and their difference is 37. Find the difference between their squares.
Apples 31
Tim picked 1 1/10 buckets of apples, and Sally picked 2 1/8 buckets of apples. How many more buckets did Sally pick than Tim?
Subtraction equation
What should be subtracted from −3/5 to get −2/3?
Fractions - minus
What is the difference? Use estimation to justify your thinking. 11/12 − 1/3 − 1/6
Largest circle
If the largest possible circle is cut from an 8 cm × 4 cm rectangle, what is the area in cm² of the remaining portion?
Subtract 27
Subtract these mixed fractions: 7 2/3 and 3 1/9.
Electric iron
If the temperature of an electric iron is 8 °C and it rises by 10 °C, what is the new temperature?
Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for ₹12,000 and spent ₹2,840 on its overhaul. He then sold it to his friend for ₹13,860. What was his percentage gain or loss?
Children ratio
In a certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women. Of the women, 1/2 are married, and of the married women, 1/3 have children. Of the men, 3/4 are married, and of the married men, 2/3 have children. What fraction of the workers have no 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 roses, both red and white. There are 30 red roses in each bundle, and the rest are white. How many white roses are in each bundle?
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.

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