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84% as a fraction in simplest form Enter 84% as a fraction into our search engine and we get: 21/25

Suppose a computer chip manufacturer knows from experience that in an average production run of 5000 circuit boards, 100 will be defective. How many defective circuit boards can be expected in a run of 24,000 circuit boards? 100 defective / 5000 circuit boards * 24,000 circuit boards = 480...

a shop has a sale of 1/5 off all items in stock. if the original price of a dress is £45, what would be its sale price? 1/5 of 45 = 9 45 - 9 = 36

A box contains 6 yellow, 3 red, 5 green, and 7 blue colored pencils. A pencil is chosen at random, it is not replaced, then another is chosen. What is the probability of choosing a red followed by a green? We have 6 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 21 total pencils P(Red on the first draw) = Total Red / Total...

How many one-fifths are there in 200? Using the rule of dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by the reciprocal, we have: 200 / 1/5 = 200 * 5 = 1000

Michael invited 30 of his friends to his part and a third of guest arrived late how many arrived on time If 1/3 arrived late, then 1 - 1/3 = 2/3 arrived on time Guests who arrived on time = 2/3 of 30 Guests who arrived on time = 20

A marathon runner took 2 hours and 15 minutes to complete the race. During that time he spent 50 minutes in the lead. Write down, in its simplest form, the fraction of time he spent in the lead. Calculate total race time in minutes 2 hours = 120 minutes 120 minutes + 15 minutes = 135 minutes...

If 3/5 of a bun is shared equally between 4 people, what fraction of the bun would each receive? We divide 3/5 by 4 to get 3/20

Sarah rolls 2 fair dice and adds the results from each. Work out the probability of getting a total that is a factor of 6. Factors of 6 are {6, 12} P(Roll a 6) = 5/36 P(Roll a 12) = 1/36 P(Roll a 6 or Roll a 12) = P(Roll a 6) + P(Roll a 12) P(Roll a 6 or Roll a 12) = 5/36 + 1/36 P(Roll a 6 or...

Adrienne brings home $1580 per month. She spends $316 on food. What is the fraction of what she spends on food Using our fraction calculator, we see that: 316/1580 = 1/5

Daniel is 41 inches tall. He is 3/5 as tall as his brother. How tall is his brother? We set Daniel's brother's height at h. We have: 3h/5 = 41 To solve this equation for h, we type it in our search engine and we get: h = 68.3333 or 68 & 1/3

Ken drinks 2/7 a carton of milk each day. How much milk does he drink in 3 days? 2/7 per day * 3 days = 2 * 3/7 = 6/7

You have 30 DONUTS. 1/6 of them are Boston Cream. 2/5 of them are Maple. 3/10 of them are Chocolate Dip and 1/3 are Sprinkled. IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?? How many donuts OVER or UNDER am I? (Show your work and use EQUIVALENTS.) We use 30 as our common denominator. Let's get equivalent fractions...

1 over 14 cubed 14 cubed means we raise 14 to the power of 3: 14^3 1 over 14 cubed is written as: 1/14^3 To simplify this, we evaluate 14^3 = 2744 So we have: 1/2744

A helicopter blade does 3206 full turns in 7 minutes , work out the number of full turns per minute 3206 full turns / 7 minutes Divide the fraction by 7 to get turns per minute 458 turns per minute

35% of the houses are blue. Write the percent that do not live in blue houses as a decimal and a fraction in simplest form The percent that do not live in blue houses is found by: Not in blue = 100% - 35% Not in blue = 65% Typing 65% in our search engine, we see that the decimal and fraction...

A bus is carrying 135 passengers, which is 3/4 of the capacity of the bus. What is the capacity of the bus Let the capacity of the bus be c. We're given: 3c/4 = 135 To solve for c, we type this equation into our search engine and we get: c = 180

Hayden bought 48 new trading cards. Three-fourths of the new cards are baseball cards. How many baseball cards did Hayden buy? We want 3/4 of 48. We type this statement into our calculator and we get: 36

A stack of boards is 21 inches high. Each board is 1¾ inches thick. How many boards are there? We want 21 / 1 & 3/4 Using our fraction operation calculator, we get: 12 boards

A section of land measuring 3 & 3/6 acres is divided equally among 7 people. How many acres will each person get? We want 3&3/6 /7 Using our fraction calculator, we get: 1/2 acre per person