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In Trina's desk drawer, there are 15 paper clips and 18 rubber bands. In Kirk's office supply tray, there are 13 paper clips and 16 rubber bands. Who has a higher ratio of paper clips to rubber bands? Trina: 15/18 Kirk: 13/16 We want common denominators to compare, so we get a greatest common...

Rose weighs 140 pounds and gains 10%. What percent of her new weight must she lose to get back to 140 pounds? Find her new weight after the 10% gain: New Weight = Starting Weight * (1 + 10%) Since 10% is 0.1, we have: New Weight = Starting Weight * (1 + 0.1) New Weight = Starting Weight *...

The price of a gallon of gasoline is $3.15. The price when Ryan’s mother started driving was 1/7 of the current price. What was the price of gasoline when Ryan’s mother started driving? $3.15/7 = $0.45

A cookie recipe uses 10 times as much flour as sugar. If the total amount of these ingredients is 8 1/4 cups, how much flour and how much sugar would it be? Let f be the number of cups of sugar. And let f be the number of cups of flour. We're given two equations: f = 10s s + f = 8 & 1/4...

If Susie sleeps for 8 hours, what fraction of the day is she asleep? A day has 24 hours, so Susie slept 8/24 of a day. Using our fraction simplifier, we get 8/24 = 1/3 of a day.

At Falling Creek Middle School, they noticed that 3 out of every 4 buses were on time. If there are a total of 32 buses that drop off at this school, how many buses will NOT be on time. If 3/4 are on time, we have 1 - 3/4 are not on time. 1 = 4/4 4/4 - 3/4 = 1/4 are not on time We multiply...

Is 20% equivalent to 2/5? Let's compare fractions to fractions: 20% equals 1/5 from our percentage-decimal-fraction calculator. 1/5 < 2/5 so these fractions are not equivalent.

The 4/7 part of a number is 84 . What is the number? We multiply 4/7 * 84. 7 goes into 84 12 times, so we have: 4 * 12 = 48

Adam ate 1/5 of a cake and Matt ate the rest. What fraction did Matt eat? The rest of the cake is 1 - 1/5. 1 as a fraction is 5/5. So we have: 5/5 - 1/5 Using our fraction calculator, we get 4/5

There are 50 pairs of pants. One-half of the pants are black. One-fifth of the pants are tan. How many pairs of pants are not black or tan. First, determine what fraction of pants are black and tan: 1/2 + 1/5 Using our fraction addition calculator, we get 7/10. So the rest of the pants are 1...

Crystal is serving pizza at a birthday party for her brother there are 25 people coming to the party she wants each each person to have 3 pieces of pizza each pizza has 8 slices how many pizzas should she buy? 25 people * 3 pieces of pizza each = 75 pieces of pizza Each pizza has 8 pieces. 75...

There are 1 carrot, 3 onions, and 2 potatoes in a sink. What fraction of the vegetables are onions? We have 1 + 3 + 2 = 6 total vegetables. Which means we have 3/6 onions. But, we can reduce this fraction. Simplifying 3/6 using our fraction simplifier, we get 1/2.

There is a bag filled with 5 blue, 6 red and 2 green marbles. A marble is taken at random from the bag, the colour is noted and then it is replaced. Another marble is taken at random. What is the probability of getting exactly 1 blue? Find the total number of marbles in the bag: Total marbles =...

Coles paycheck was $257.20. He put 25% of it into his savings account and used 1/3 of what was left to pay bills. How much money does he have remaining from his paycheck? 25% is also 1/4. Calculate savings $257.20(0.25) = $64.3 We have 75% left over = $192.90 Coles pays 1/3 of this for bills...

Amanda spent 2/5 of her time after school doing homework and ¼ of her remaining time riding her bike. If she rode her bike for 45 minutes in a week, how much time did she devote to homework in the same week If Amanda spent 2/5 of her time after school doing homework, she has 1 - 2/5 time left...

A store owner bought 240 cartons of eggs. The owner sold 5/8 of the eggs and set aside 5 cartons. How many cartons of eggs did the owner have left to sale? If the owner sold 5/8 of the eggs, they have 1 - 5/8 left. 1 = 8/8, so we have 8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8 left 3/8 (240 cartons) = 90 cartons...

A farmer was 1/3 of his land to grow corn, a quarter of his land to grow lettuce, and 12.5% of his land to grow green beans. He uses the remaining 7 acres to grow wheat.How many total acres does the farmer own? Convert all land portions to fractions or decimals. We will do fractions: 1/3 for...

Juliana answered 42 times correctly on an 80-item quiz, while her sister Angela answered 21 items correctly on a 40-item quiz. Do they have the same portion of correct answers? Let's compare based on correct answers to questions: Juliana = 42/80 = 0.525 Angela = 21/40 = 0.525 So yes, they do...

Olivia spends 5 hours a day at school and sleeps for 9 hours a day. What fraction of the day does she have left for other activities? Write your answer as a fraction in its simplest form. Add up existing hours for school and sleep School + sleep = 5 + 9 = 14 hours Since there are 24 hours in a...

A wood screw advances 1/16 inch for each complete turn. How far will the screw advance in 8 complete turns 1/6 inch per turn x 8 complete turns = 8/16. Enter 8/16 into the search engine. Choose simplify. Using our simplify fraction calculator, we get 8/16 simplified is 1/2 of a turn.