fractions
pierce made a cake for 8 people and put it in the fridge overnight. in the morning there was only 1/4 of the cake left. how much cake is there left in all?
8 - 1/4=31/4
simplified: 7 3/4
Anita and her classmates placed colored blocks on a scale during a science lab. The blue block weighed 0.51 pounds, and the brown block weighed 0.33 pounds. How much more did the blue block weigh than the brown block?
0.18 pounds
A baking recipe requires 3/4 of a cup of sugar. You only have 1/2 of that amount. How much sugar do you have?
3/8 of a cup.
Sarah is buying fabric for a quilt. Each yard of fabric costs $4.75. If she buys 3.5 yards of fabric, how much will she spend in total?
Answer: Sarah will spend $16.63 (rounded to the nearest cent).
A restaurant bill of $60.80 is split equally among four friends. How much does each person pay?
Solution: $60.80 ÷ 4 = $15.20. Each person pays $15.20.
Sarah spent 1/4 of her allowance on a new book and 1/3 of her allowance on snacks. What fraction of her allowance did she spend in total?
7/12 of her allowance.
Tessa bought 7.38 yards of striped fabric and 6.7 yards of floral fabric. How many more yards of striped fabric than floral fabric did Tessa buy?
6.8 yards
At the zoo, 3/4 of the animals are mammals. Of the mammals, 1/2 are dolphins. What fraction of the animals at the zoo are dolphins?
1/2 x 3/4 = 3/8 of the animals are dolphins.
A car travels 55.2 miles on a gallon of gas. If the car's fuel tank holds 12.5 gallons, what is the total distance the car can travel on a full tank?
Answer: The car can travel 690 miles on a full tank.
You have 8.25 feet of wood and need to cut pieces that are 0.75 feet long. How many pieces can you cut?
Solution: 8.25 ÷ 0.75. This equals 11 pieces.
Peter uses glue to fix a bamboo rod. One piece measures 1/5 meter and another piece measures 2/3 meter. How much glue does Peter use in total?
To find the total, add the two fractions: 1/5 + 2/3 = 3/15 + 10/15 = 13/15 meter.
Karley earns $8.40 per hour at her part-time job. On Saturday, she worked 5 hours. What were her total earnings for the day?
$42.00
David used 1 1/2 gallons of paint to paint one wall. If he wants to paint 3 walls, how much paint will he need?
1 1/2 = 3/2. Then multiply: 3/2 * 3 = 9/2 = 4 1/2 gallons of paint.
The book store is having a sale on bookmarks. Each bookmark is on sale for $0.84. Each student in Ms. Duke's class decides to buy a bookmark. There are 23 students in Ms. Duke's class. How much will the class spend on bookmarks at the book store?
$19.32
A pasta factory made 560.4 pounds of pasta in 8 minutes. How much pasta did the factory make each minute, on average?
Solution: 560.4 ÷ 8 = 70.05 pounds of pasta per minute.
A baker has 2/3 of a kilogram of chocolate. If each chocolate cake requires 1/6 of a kilogram of chocolate, how many cakes can the baker make?
4 cakes.
Evan goes out to dinner with some friends to celebrate their graduation. Their total bill is $34.08. If the 3 of them split the bill evenly, how much does each person pay?
$11.36
A restaurant serves 56 dishes. 1/8 of them are vegetarian. Of the vegetarian dishes, 1/4 are pasta. What fraction of all the dishes are vegetarian pasta?
1/4 x 1/8 = 1/32 of all dishes are vegetarian pasta.
Mrs. Davis planted red flowers in 0.6 of her garden. She also planted yellow flowers in 0.4 of her garden. In 0.5 of the part with red flowers she also planted white flowers. What part of Mrs. Davis' garden has both red and white flowers
0.3
A 12-pack of Cokes costs $5.40. How much does each Coke cost?
$5.40 ÷ 12 = $0.45 per Coke.
An auditorium has 96 students. 1/6 of the students are fifth graders, 1/3 are fourth graders, and 1/4 of the remaining students are second graders. How many second graders are in the auditorium?
Answer: There are 12 second graders in the auditorium.
Rocco has 1.5 liters of orange soda and 2.25 liters of grape soda in his fridge. Antonio has 1.15 liters of orange soda and 0.62 liters of grape soda. How much more soda does Rocco have than Antonio?
Rocco has 1.98 liters more soda than Antonio
At the school bake sale, 2/3 of the cookies were chocolate chip. Of the chocolate chip cookies, 3/4 were made with dark chocolate. What fraction of all the cookies were dark chocolate chip cookies?
Multiply the numerators (top numbers) and the denominators (bottom numbers): (2/3) * (3/4) = (2 * 3) / (3 * 4) = 6/12.
Simplify the fraction: 6/12 simplifies to 1/2.
It costs $8.65 to ride the train. Ms. Reilly took her fifth-grade class on the train to the museum. There were 18 students from Ms. Reilly's class that went to the museum. How much did Ms. Reilly's class spend on the class and herself for the train?
$164.35
A square has a perimeter of 12.32 centimeters. What is the length of each side?
12.32 cm ÷ 4 = 3.08 cm per side.