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- Numerator and denominator
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is 9/35. What is the original fraction? - Two coins
Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What is the probability of getting (i) At least one head? (ii) At most one tail? (iii) A head and a tail? - A cake 2
Karen sliced a cake into 10 slices. She ate 2/10 of it and after some time she ate another 4/10 of it. How much of the cake did Karen eat? - Charlie 2
Charlie has $10 1/2; she went to the store and bought a chap-stick for $1.75. How much money does she have now? - Katy bought
Katy bought 4/5 kg of oranges, 2 1/2 kg of bananas, and 1 1/2 kg of apples every day. How many kilograms of fruit did she buy each day? - Walnuts 2
There are 6 2/3 pounds of walnuts in a container, which will be divided equally into containers that hold 1 1/2 pounds. How many containers will walnuts fill? - Fraction operations
For items - fractions 1/6 - 1/9 perform the indicated operation/s. Write your answer in improper fractions, and it must be in the simplest form. - Summer vacation
Rekha spent 3/8 of her summer vacation in Delhi, 1/16 in Mumbai, and ¼ in Chennai. What fraction of her summer vacation did he spend in all? - Solution dilution
I'm further diluting a solution which has previously been diluted. I started with a 1:4 dilution, then diluted that a further 1:5, what is my dilution factor after this? - The marathon
Twelve athletes are joining the Topolcany Marathon Event. How many ways can the first, second, and third placers be chosen? - A rope
A 75 m piece of rope needs to be cut in a ratio of 1:4. What is the length of each piece? - Closer to one
Here are two sums: A=1/2 + 1/3 and B=1/5 + 1/3. Which of the two sums is closer in value to 1? You must show your work and state clearly whether the answer is A or B. - NYC block
Bijan wants to go running during his family's vacation to New York City. To do so, he will run a neighborhood block 20 times. Bijan runs a total of 8 miles. The block has a length of 3/20 miles. Use the formula for the perimeter of the neighborhood block - Richard
Richard is conducting an experiment. Every time he flips a fair two-sided coin, he also rolls a six-sided die. What is the probability that the coin will land on tails and the die will land on an even number? - Locker combination
Todd forgot the first two numbers of his locker combination. The numbers can be any number 1 through 6. What is the probability that he will guess the first number correctly and the second number incorrectly? - Lara's sequence
Lara starts with a number less than 20. She divides it by 2 and adds 6. She then divides this result by 3. Her answer is 4.5. What number does she start with? - Empty rooms
In the tourist dormitory, 44 students slept in eight rooms, some of which were four-bed and others six-bed. When two beds were empty, how many four-bed and six-bed rooms were there in the dormitory? - Bertha
Bertha went on a walk 5 times this week. Each time, she went 11/5 miles. How far did Bertha walk? - One muffin
Eight muffins and one drink cost $8.12. If the drink costs $1.24, find the cost of one muffin. - Earnings 4 Joey earned $35, which is five times more than Leo earned. How much did Leo earn?
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