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100

What is the reciprocal of 2 1/2?

2/5

100

Simplify:

9/24

3/8

100

Alden has 3/8 of a pizza. If he shares it evenly between himself and 5 friends, how much of the pizza will they each get?

1/16 of the pizza

100

1 4/7 ÷ 1/6

9 3/7

100

How many 1/4 cup scoops of dog food will fit into a container that holds 5 2/7 cups of food?

21 2/7 cups

200

What is the first step in solving this problem:

5 2/7 x 1/2

Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction
200

Simplify:

14/5

2 4/5

200

Helen is raking leaves to earn money. If she can rake 1 lawn in 2/3 of an hour, how many lawns can she rake in 3 hours?

4 1/2 yards

200

8 ÷ 3 1/5

2 1/2

200

Spencer goes skydiving. How far will he have fallen after 3 1/9 hours if he falls at a rate of 600 miles per hour?

1866 2/3 miles

300

What is 4/5 of 6 1/3?

5 1/15

300

Simplify:

35/4

8 3/4

300

A pinata drops 5 1/2 tons of candy per minute. How much candy will have dropped after 2 2/3 minutes?

14 2/3 tons

300

2 6/14 ÷ 2 3/7

1

300

One turn of a screw tightens it 1/5 of an inch. How many turns will tighten the screw 2 3/4 inches?

13 3/4 turns

400

4 1/2 ÷ 1 4/5

2 1/2

400

Simplify:

114/8

14 1/4

400

Richard has 4 2/7 sub sandwichs. He wants to share it between himself and 2 friends. How much of the sandwich will they each get?

1 3/7 of a sandwich

400

12 ÷  5 3/5

2 1/7

400

A merry go round spins 4/7 of the way around in 1 minute. How many times will it spin around after 2 1/3 minutes?

1 1/3 times

500

5 1/4 x 8 3/9

43 3/4

500

Simplify:

325/12

27 1/12

500

Henie has 7 3/4 quarts of lemonade. She drinks 2 1/2 quarts and then shares the rest of the lemonade evenly between 3 friends. How much lemonade will each of her friends get?

1 3/4 quarts of lemonade

500

9 3/4 ÷  5 2/5

1 29/36

500

Colin decides to walk to Vermont, which is 200 miles away. He walks 5/6 of the way there before he gets too tired and realized he made a mistake in walking. How far did he walk?

166 2/3 miles

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