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Josef has 2 2/3 bags of popcorn. Edo has 1 ¾ bags of popcorn. How much popcorn do they have together?
4 5/12
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Jennifer's family has to travel 78 1/5 kilometres to see her grandmother. They have already travelled 32 1/3 kilometres. How much farther do they have to go?
Answer: 45 13/15
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Mary needs 3/7 cup of sugar to bake a cake. How much will she need to bake 3 cakes?
1 2/7 cups
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A pot of chili holds 10 2/3 cups. Each portion is 3/4 cup. How many portions of chili does the big pot hold?
8 portions
100
Objects on Neptune weigh about 4/5 of their weight on Earth. If a dog weighs 40 kg on Earth, how much would it weigh on Neptune?
Answer: 32 kg
200
In Ipswich, 3/25 of the population are left-handed males. 1/10 are left-handed females. What part of the population is left-handed?
11/50
200
Before she went to the hairdresser, Rapunzel's hair was 7 1/2 metres long. When she left the salon, it was 5 1/4 metres long. How much of her hair did Rapunzel have cut off?
2 1/4 metres.
200
Borris had 18 kgs of oranges. He gave away 5/6 of the oranges. How much did he keep for his family?
15 kgs
200
A group of Boy Scouts are cutting rope to prepare for their next rock climbing activity. They have 24 m of rope, and each Boy Scout will need 3 1/5 m of rope for his gear. How many Boy Scouts will get their rope?
7 1/2 Boy Scouts (7 will have enough rope)
200
Hannah counted 21 pieces of giant pizza. She ate 4/7 of the pizza. How much did she eat?
12 pieces
300
Mrs. Campbell made cookies. One recipe calls for 3 ¼ cups of flour. The second recipe calls for 2 1/5 cups flour. How much flour did she use altogether?
5 9/20
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Mrs Druitt is making holiday treats. She needs 5 cups of flour. She has 1 1/3 cups of flour. How much more flour does she need?
3 2/3 Cups of Flour
300
Most people dream about ¼ of the time they sleep. How long will you probably dream tonight if you sleep 8 hours?
2 hours
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Lilli bought 14 m of material to make chair cushions. She cut the material into pieces 1 ¾ m long to make each cushion. How many cushions did Lilli make?
8 cushions
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If one batch of cookies calls for 1 2/3 cups flour, how much flour will you need for 8 batches?
13 1/3 cups of flour
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It took Brad 3/5 of an hour to drive from his house to Brisbane. Brad drove another 3/4 of an hour to Redcliffe. How long did Brad drive for?
17/20 of an hour or 51 minutes since 17/20 OF 60 = 51)
400
Jordyn has a skipping rope that is 6 1/3 metres long. Taylor's skipping rope is 4 2/3 metres long. How much longer is Jordyn's rope?
1 2/3
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Ronald has 4 2/3 kgs of potatoes. He used 1/3 of the potatoes. How many kgs of potatoes did he use?
1 5/9
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Jamie made 3/4 of a litre of ice tea. Each cup holds 1/8 of a litre. How many cups will Jamie be able to fill?
6 cups
400
Casey has won ¾ of her hockey games. She has played 24 games. How many has she won?
18 games
500
Megan plans to make 2 costumes for a school play. She needs 3½ metres of fabric for one costume and 5⅔ metres of fabric for the other. How much fabric will she need?
9 1/6
500
Ben and Daniel wanted to see who was taller. They had their mum measure their heights with a yardstick. Ben was 52 3/8 inches tall, and Daniel was 48 1/3 inches tall. How much taller is Ben than Daniel?
4 1/24 inches.
500
Mr Kim has 2 1/3 kgs of chocolate. He will use 2/3 of the chocolate for his holiday muffins. How much will he use?
1 5/9 kgs
500
Jessica's bird feeder holds 3/4 of a cup of birdseed. Jessica is filling the bird feeder with a scoop that holds 3/8 of a cup. How many scoops of birdseed will Jessica put into the feeder?
2 scoops
500
Barry sold 2 ½ boxes of biscuits for a fundraiser. Harry sold 2/3 of the amount Barry sold. How many boxes of biscuits did Harry sell?
1 2/3 boxes of biscuits