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  • Cat food
    cat Anna has 3/4 bag of cat food. Her cat eats 1/10 of a bag per day. How many days will food last?
  • How much 3
    mixed How much more is 1⅝ than 4⅚?
  • Francesca 2
    plusminus Francesca applied the steps below to find the product of (-1.2)(-9.4). Step 1: (-1.2)(-9.4) = (-9.4)(-1.2) Step 2:                   = (-9.4)(-1) + (-9.4)(-0.2) Step 3:                   = (9.4) + (1.88) Step 4:                   = 11.28 Which step shows
  • Mother 8
    chicken Mother bought 2 kg of beef at P240 per kilo and 2 kg of chicken legs at P140 per kilo. She gave the meat vendor a P1000 bill. How much change did she get?
  • Powdered milk
    milk A can of powdered milk and a can of evaporated milk cost $83.90 together. Two cans of evaporated milk and a can of powdered milk cost $118.05. How much is 1 can of powdered milk? How much is 1 can of evaporated milk?
  • There 17
    kolac There is 3/4 of a cake on a plate in Maria's kitchen.  Silvia sees the cake and eats 1/5 of the cake.  Then Franca takes 1/3 of what was there and shares half of her portion with Antonella.  What fraction of the cake is left?
  • The Nürburgring
    clocks The Nürburgring in Germany is a racetrack that hosts racing events all year. Two of the fastest laps ever driven on the track are 6 minutes 47.30 seconds and 6 minutes 52.01 seconds. How much faster is the 6 minutes 47.30 seconds time than the 6 minutes 5
  • Mother 7
    mangoes Mother bought 18 fruits. 1/3 were pineapple and the rest  were mangoes . how many were mangoes
  • Simplify 9
    decimals Simplify and express the result as a rational number in its simplest form 1/2+ 1/5+ 6.25+0.25
  • Cherries 2
    cherry If a farmer reaped 636 cherries and he sold one third to a shop keeper, how many did he retain?
  • RS ABS
    number_line Find the distance between points R and S on a number line, with coordinates -4 and -7, respectively.
  • Add six
    plusminus Add six to twelve, then divide the sum by four. Divide the quotient by negative nine and then multiply by twenty-four. What is the result?
  • Mixed numbers
    mixed Five and two-thirds minus 2 and one-half equals what number? A three and one-sixth B three and two-thirds C three and one-half D three and five-sixths
  • Medical
    plusminus Medical Market’s five cash registers showed the following cash receipts for Saturday: cash register #1. $3,497.22; #2. $2,259.86; #3. $4,178.40; #4. $2,863.17; #5. $4,888.33. What were the total cash receipts for Saturday?
  • Solve:
    parabola Solve: 2r2+7r-r2-9
  • A rectangle 8
    rectangles A rectangle measuring 6 cm and 4 cm is enlarged by the ratio 3:1. What is the area of the enlarged rectangle?
  • White balls
    balls2 I have 3 white balls and 5 red balls in my pocket. How many least balls do I have to remove from the bag to make sure that the pulled out ball is definitely red?
  • Population variance
    binomial1 In a California community college, 60% of students will transfer to a college in the CSU system. The number of students in a sample who will transfer follows a binomial distribution. If 8 students are randomly selected, find the population variance σ2 of
  • Sample Proportion
    binomial1 In a California community college, 60% of students will transfer to a college in the CSU system. The number of students in a sample who will transfer follows a binomial distribution. 400 students are randomly selected from the college and 224 of them will
  • Change per hour
    autumn On Sunday, the temperature was 63 degrees at 2 pm. The temperature was then 72 degrees at 5 pm. What is the rate of change per hour?

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