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Rice cooking
Aunt had 1 3/4 kg of rice, then Aunt bought another 2 1/2 kg of rice, cooked 0.2 kg, calculate the remaining rice Aunt now.
Mother 17
Mother has 2/5 cups of flour. She needs 2 1/4 cups of flour for the planned cake. How many cups of flour does she need to buy?
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?
Two hours
Two hours ago, the temperature was 8°F. The temperature is now -4°F. What was the change in temperature for the past two hours?
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?
At sunrise
At sunrise, the temperature at the North Pole was –13°F. Three hours later, the temperature increased to 18°F. By 8PM, the temperature decreased 5°F. What was the temperature at 8PM?
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?
Jason 3
Jason bought 3 liters of cola. He drank 3/5 liters of it and gave 2/7 liters to his brother. How much cola did Jason have left?
Temperature dropping
If the temperature drops 2 degrees for 6 hours and the starting temperature is 10 degrees, what will the new temperature be?
Daniw
Daniw Elementary School has a total of 98 pupils. If 3/7 of them are boys, how many of the pupils are girls?
Evaluate 38
Evaluate the expression shown below and write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. (5)/(6) - (3)/(8) Transcription: start fraction, 5, divided by, 6, end fraction, minus, start fraction, 3, divided by, 8, end fraction
Minus fractions
Evaluate the expression shown below and write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. - (2)/(11) - (11)/(10) minus, start fraction, 2, divided by, 11, end fraction, minus, start fraction, 11, divided by, 10, end fraction
The reciprocal 2
The reciprocal of 8 is subtracted from the reciprocal of 4, and the result is added to the reciprocal of 10. What fraction do you get?
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?
There 34
There were 90 children at the birthday party. If 3/5 of them were boys, how many were girls?
A man 16
A man sold half of his land. He gave 1/3 of the remaining to his son and 1/4 of the balance to his daughter. What fraction of his land is now left with him?
The temperature 48
The temperature in the town is 36.6°F during the day and -12.6°F at night. What is the temperature change from day to night?
Bea, Gerald and Julia
Bea is two years younger than Gerald, but Julia is 8 years older than Gerald. If Julia is 29, how old is Bea?
Kurt bought
Kurt bought a sandwich for $5.70, a bag of chips for $2.50, and a drink for $1.55. The tax was $0.80. He gave the cashier $15.00. How much change should Kurt have received?
Rahul
Rahul reads 1/5 of a book on the first day and 3/10 of the remaining book on the second day. If the book has 500 pages, then how many pages are left unread?

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