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The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 7:4. If there are 9 more boys than girls how many children are in the class?
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abs
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a cyclist rides for 5 hours at a certain speed and then for 4 hours at a speed 6 km/h greater than her original speed. If he
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John
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The tap of a water fountain in a school is very slow and has a rate of flow of 0.4 litres/minute.
A student drinks an average of
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Alana
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for mary's party, she asked her dad to buy 18 bottles of soft drink. each bottle contained 1 1/4 litres.
the glasses they had for
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john
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peter,john and james share a certain of money.peter gets ⅔ of the amount of money.John gets ¾ of the remainder and james gets
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sucrea
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Hitomi has a total of 30 red and blue bowling balls at her bowling alley. Each red ball weighs 8 lb. Each blue ball weighs 9 lb.
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Katherine
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On a journey a motorist travels the first
40km in 1-2 hour, the next 34km in 25 mins and the last 7km in 5 mins. What is the
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Ms. Fatimah
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on a farm, there are some cows and some chickens. if the animals have a total of 40 heads and 112 legs, how many cows are there?
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milly
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A boy spends 7/5 of his pocket money on transportation and fruits. Of the remainder on sweets. If he is left with gh¢210.00
(a)
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Rocky Adzadi
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Tatiana wants to give friendship bracelets to her 32 classmates. She already has 5 bracelets, and she can buy more bracelets in
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Nugget
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Jeff took half of the marbles out of the bag. He then put 1 marble back into the bag. He repeated this process five times. There
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Anonymous
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a man spent 1/4 of his monthly salary on rent ,2/5 on food and 1/6 on books. If he still had ghana 55000 left what was his
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helen
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There were 200 more apples than pears at a fruit stall. After 1/4 of the apples and 2/7 of the pears were sold, there were 170
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Anonymous
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For every 3 girls there are 5 boys. There are 112 students total. How many girls?
a. 67 b. 36 c. 44 d. 42
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what could it be?
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during a triathlon, Sharon swims 1/4 of the total route and cycles 3/5 of the remaining route. she runs the rest of the route.
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Shohanur
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A manufacturer samples 100 wires for quality testing. Four of the wires are found to be defective. If 750 wires are produced in
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Candy
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Kaylee went fishing and caught a total of 4,212 ounces of fish. Half of the total weight was from 18 smaller fish, which all had
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A cook removes a package of food from a freezer and begins to defrost the package. • The initial temperature of the package of
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A 8-kilometer roadway under construction is being completed at space of one-length of its length per week. After 5 weeks, how
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Kristine
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The distance between towns M and N is 280 km. A car and a lorry travel from M to N.
The average speed of the lorry is 20 km/h
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niyant
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Manuel bought 9 pounds of apples. He has eaten three fourths of a pound so far and has $15 worth of apples left. Write and
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Kyle
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If you put 200 tagged fish in a pond, then collect a sample of 50 and 8 of them are tagged. How many fish are in the pond?
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Marley
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mr. Rodriguez, a college instructor, can grade his class papers in 3 hours while it takes his assistant 4 1/2 hours. If Mr.
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help pleaseee
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All the fudge machines at a chocolate factory work at the same rate. Six machines working simultaneously can complete a big
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Anonymous
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Joey wants to buy a gym membership. He visits two gyms with two different
fees. Gym A has a $40 sign up fee and it costs $25 per
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bailey
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Sam's dad spends 1/2 of his salary every month on rent and 2/5 on petrol. What fraction is left to spent on food and other
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Aldo
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A boat traveling downstream a distance of 39 miles then came right back.If the speed of the current was 12 mph and the total
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russ
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On August 13, the Bryer family received 23 pieces of mail, consisting
of magazines, bills, letters, and ads. If they received the
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chchch
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PLEASE HELP!!!
In a basketball free-throw shooting contest, the points made by Sam and Wilbur were in the ratio 7:9. Wilbur made
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Jahnay
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"It takes Juwan exactly 35 minutes by car to get to his grandmother's. The nearest parking area is 4 minute walk from her
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Gab
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The speed of a river current is 4 mph. IF a boat travels 20 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to travel 10 miles
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takeeyah
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In a pet shop one half of the animals are dogs.one fourth of the animals are bunnies. Six of the animals are cats. There are an
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charisma
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can someone unscramble these math words
reaoprddrie enitmelgens
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staci
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Steri-strips cost $4.95 per box, there are 100 per box. If an orthopedic surgical group uses 200 Steri-strips a month, how much
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Lisa
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Maria answered all the problems on her math test. She answered 80 percent of the problems correctly. If she answered 6 problems
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Willie
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Marisa spent 3/4 of her money on a necklace. She spent 1/2 of the remainder on earrings. The necklace cost $30.00 more than the
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Gia
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Robin is 25 years younger than his father. After 10 years, their ages will be in the ratio 1:2 . Find their present ages.
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jashan preet kaur
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An executive drove from home at an average speed of 40 mph to an airport where a helicopter was waiting. The executive boarded
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Antonio
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1. Trevor has $65 to spend at the sporting-goods store. He buys 3 cans of tennis balls for $6 each. How many $8 sports towels
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lil baby
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The dimensions of a gift box are consecutive positive integers such that the height is the least integer and the length is the
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Christine
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You backpacked for a distance of 15.75 miles today. If you backpacked at an average speed of 1.26 miles per hour, how many hours
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matthew
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Brady buys 3 gallons of fertilizer for his lawn. After he finishes spraying the lawn, he has 1 quart of fertilizer left over.
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Daniella
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Yesterday a parking lot had 60 cars parked in at one of the cars parked in the parking lot 40% more silver 14 more red and the
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Anna
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Write a word problem in witch the starting number is in the hundreds and the answer is 4 tickets were left over.
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christelle
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Nora used a ten dollar bill to buy a 1/2 gallon of ice cream for $3.25 and 1 1/2 pounds of meat. If her change was $0.96, what
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Anonymous
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3/8 of the 40 little engines could climb the hill. How many engines were in each part? How many parts could climb the hill? How
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Malory
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Patrick purchased some supplies for his guitar students. He bought 25 guitar picks and 25 guitar strings since they only cost $1
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At 9:00 Mary Thorne set out from her house for a picnic, traveling at 15 km/h on her bike. her sister lifet 15 min later and
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Algebra 2
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A worker was paid $218 for each day he worked and was fined $36 each day he was absent. at the end of 30 days he earned $5524.
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john
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5 oranges when removed from a basket containing three more than seven times as many oranges,leave how many oranges in the
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Ana
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