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Below zero
The temperature on Saturday was 14.5 degrees below zero. The temperature then decreased by a further 2 degrees. What is the new temperature?
Local fair
Diana and 2 friends are visiting the local fair. Each person buys a hamburger for $6.60 and a drink for $3.00. They have a coupon for $1 off each hamburger. Write an expression to represent the total cost.
Circular track 3
Henry and Margo both start travelling around a circular track at the same time from the same point. Henry is riding his bike and Margo is walking. Henry takes 7 minutes to complete a lap, and Margo takes 12 minutes. How many minutes will pass until they m
Hiking trails
There are 12,000 kilometres of hiking trails in a national park. Each trail is rated for difficulty: 3/8 of the trails are rated easy, 1/6 are rated moderate, 1/4 are rated hard, and 5/24 are rated difficult. What fraction of the trails are rated easy or
Stefan
Stefan sells Jin a bicycle for $147 and a helmet for $18. The total cost to Jin is 150% of what Stefan originally spent to buy the bike and helmet. How much did Stefan spend originally? How much profit did he make by selling the bicycle and helmet to Jin?
Reading huge book
Joy is reading a 352-page novel for her summer reading project. On Monday, she reads 3/8 of the novel. On Tuesday she reads 28 pages. On Wednesday, she reads 1/4 of the novel. How many more pages does Joy have left to read?
Nely and chocolate
Three friends share a chocolate bar. Polly ate 2/5 of the chocolate bar, Kim ate 3/7 of the chocolate bar, and Nelly ate the rest. What fraction of the chocolate bar did Nelly eat?
Bags of sugar
After I had used 1/5 of a bag of sugar and then used 1/4 of what was left, I had 60 g of sugar remaining. How much did I start with?
Enlarged photo
A photograph has been enlarged by a scale factor of 1.75. If the enlarged photo has an area of 675 cm², what is the area of the original photo?
Pizza - slices
Owen and Scott each ordered a pizza for lunch. Owen ate 9/16 of his pizza and Scott ate 3/4 of his pizza. How much more pizza did Scott eat than Owen?
Cookies - flour
A recipe for cookies calls for 3 cups of flour to make 24 cookies. If you want to make 40 cookies using the same recipe, how many cups of flour will you need?
Cupcakes 5
Tristan wants to buy 12 cupcakes. Each cupcake costs $2.40. What is the best estimate for how much money Tristan should bring to pay for the cupcakes?
Strawberries 17
Emily picked 2/5 of a pound of strawberries. That afternoon, Emily's sister ate 2/3 of the strawberries. How many pounds of strawberries did Emily's sister eat?
Sauce in the bowl
I cook 8 cups of pasta, then divide it equally among 5 bowls, and pour 1 1/4 cups of sauce into each bowl. How many cups of pasta and sauce are in each bowl in total?
Combined work
Latoya works mowing lawns and babysitting. She earns $8.60 an hour for mowing and $7.60 an hour for babysitting. How much will she earn for 6 hours of mowing and 1 hour of babysitting?
Jerseys
The football team has a total of 20 jerseys. There are 4 medium-sized jerseys. What percentage of the jerseys are medium-sized?
Buy ice cream
Yesterday, Hector walked 2 1/5 miles from the swimming pool to the ice cream stand and 1/2 of a mile from the ice cream stand back home. How many miles did Hector walk in all?
Trail mix
You have 12 cups of granola and 8 1/2 cups of peanuts to make trail mix. What is the greatest number of full batches of trail mix you can make, if each batch requires 2 3/4 cups of granola and 1 1/3 cups of peanuts?
Isosceles right triangle
If I have a right triangle with each leg on either side of the right angle measuring 24 inches, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
Flower shop 2
Jenna went to a flower shop. The shop has a sign showing the following prices: rose; 0.75 carnation ; 0.90 lily ; 1.40 Jenna bought 2 lilies, 3 carnations, and 5 roses. If she paid $20 to the shop owner, how much change did she get?

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