Unit conversion + fractions - practice problems

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A turtle 2
A turtle can walk 1/12 of a kilometer in an hour. The turtle is 1/5 of a kilometer away from a pond. At this speed, how long will it take the turtle to reach the pond?
Licorice
A piece of licorice is 2/3 yard long. If it is cut into 10 equal pieces, how long will each piece of licorice be?
Cutting wire
If you cut a 3 ½ ft length wire into pieces that are 2 inches long, how many pieces of wire will you have?
Each of
Each of Suzan's notebooks is 4/5 inches wide. If she has 25 inches of space remaining on her bookshelf, how many notebooks will fit?
Grocery store
You spend 4/5 of an hour at the mall. You spend 1/3 of that time in the food court. How many minutes are you in the food court?
The physical
The physical therapist asks Mr. Smith to walk 20 minutes in one hour to improve his ambulation. What fractional part of an hour is Mr. Smith to exercise?
Tina has
Tina has 10 packages of yarn to knit a scarf. She uses 1/3 of package of yarn for each inch of length she adds to the scarf. If Tina uses all the yarn, how long will her scarf be?
Tom has
Tom has a water tank that holds 5 gallons of water. Tom uses water from a full tank to fill 6 bottles that each hold 16 ounces and a pitcher that holds 1/2 gallon. How many ounces of water are left in the water tank?
Bathtub
Kevin has a bathtub shaped like a block. The bathtub measures 70 cm long, 45 cm wide and 50 cm high. Then the bathtub will be filled with clean water 3/5 of its height. The clean water needed is….
The distance
The distance between two towns on a given map is 3 ½ cm. If ½ cm represents 6 km, what is the distance between the two towns?
A merry
A merry go round can hold 36 people on each 5 minute ride. How many people would have received a ride on the merry go round in an hour?
Cubic inches to cups
5-3/8" x 4" x 2-5/8" container. How many equals cups?
The fence 2
A certain type of fencing sells for $9 a yard. How much will 10 2/3 yards of fencing cost?
Leaking swimming pool
Between 10 PM and 7:10 AM, the water level in a swimming pool decreased by 5/12 inches . Assuming that the water level decreased at a constant rate, how much did the water level drop each hour?
The fish
The fish vendor sells 1/7 kilos of bangus for 66.2 euro. If you will buy 9 2/8 kilos of bangus, how much will cost?
Clock mathematics
If it is now 7:38 pm, what time will it be in 30,033,996,480 minutes from now?
Gears
The front gear on the bike has 32 teeth and the rear, on the wheel, has 12 teeth. How many times does the bike's rear-wheel turn if you turn the right pedal 30 times? What distance will you go if the circumference of the bicycle wheel is 250 cm?
The plan
The plan of the housing estate is in three scales 1: 5000,1: 10000,1: 15000. The distance between two points on a plan with a scale of 1: 10000 is 12 cm. What is this distance on the other two plans? What is this distance?
Hectoliters of water
There are 942 hectoliters of water in a cylindrical tank with an inner diameter of 6 m. The water reaches two thirds of the depth of the tank. Calculate its depth.
Chestnuts
Three divisions of nature protectors participated in the collection of chestnut trees.1. the division harvested 1250 kg, the 2nd division by a fifth more than the 1st division and the 3rd division by a sixth more than the second division. How many tons of

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