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A box contains 5 black and 2 white balls. 2 balls are drawn without replacement. Find the probability of drawing 2 black balls. First draw probability of black is: Total Balls in box = Black balls + white balls Total Balls in Box = 5 + 2 Total Balls in Box = 7 P(Black) = Black Balls / Total...

15 mins into fraction of an hour An hour is 60 minutes, so we have the fraction: 15/60 But we can simplify this fraction. We type in 15/60 into our search engine, click Simplify, and we get: 1/4

I grade 160 tests in 5 hours. How many tests do I grade per hour? 160 tests / 5 hours Divide top and bottom by 5: 32 tests per hour

The girl’s hockey team won 6 games, lost 3 games, and tied 2 games. What fraction of games did they win? Win Fraction = Won Games / Total Games Played Win Fraction = 6 / (6 + 3 + 2) Win Fraction = 6/11

Alvin, an HR Director has 12 employees in his department. There are still 3 positions to be filled up. What fraction of the entire staff are still available? If 3 spots need to be filled, then we have 12 - 3 = 9 people still available. 9/12 = 3/4

write 8 as a whole fraction Whole numbers can be written as whole number / 1 8/1

Joe had saved $264. He spent 3/8 of that to buy a camera. How much did the camera cost? 264 *3/8 = 99

A loaf of bread has 35 slices. Ann eats 8 slices, Betty eats 6 slices, Carl eats 5, and Derrick eats 9 slices. What fraction of the loaf is left? Calculate total slices eaten: Slices eaten = Ann + Betty + Carl + Derrick Slices eaten = 8 + 6 + 5 + 9 Slices eaten = 28 Calculate remaining slices...

Marcus drives a machine that paints lines along the highway. He needs to paint a line that is 9/10 of a mile long. He is 2/3 of the way done when he runs out of paint. What fraction of a mile has he painted? Marcus has painted 2/3 of 9/10. If we type 2/3 of 91/20 in our search engine, we get: 3/5

In a certain lot, there are 16 white, 7 red, 8 blue, and 9 black cars. You randomly pick a set of keys to one of the cars. What is the probability of choosing a set of keys to a blue car? Our total cars are: Total Cars = White Cars + Red Cars + Blue Cars = Black Cars Total Cars = 16 + 7 + 8 + 9...

Bob can complete 35 math problems in 5 minutes how many can he complete in 1 minute 35 math problems / 5 minutes Divide the top and bottom of the fraction by 5: 35 math problems / 5 minutes = 7 math problems per minute

I have saved 24 to buy a game which is three-fourth of the total cost of the game how much does the game cost ? Let the cost of the game be c. We're given: 3c/4 = 24 To solve this equation for c, we type it in our search engine and we get: c = 32

On a trip, a family drove 270 kilometers in 3 hours. how many kilometers were traveled in one hour. Express this as a rate per hour. 270 kilometers per 3 hours 270/3 Divide top and bottom by 3 to get km/hr 90 kilometers per hour

A single card is drawn from a standard 52 card deck. What is the possibility that the card drawn is either a 4 or a 6 There are 4 (4's) and 4 (6's) in a standard 52 card deck. P(4 or 6) = P(4) + P(6) P(4 or 6) = 4/52 + 4/52 P(4 or 6) = 8/52 We can simplify this fraction by typing it in our...

Zachary has 25 country music CDs, which are one-fifth of his CD collection. How many CDs does Zachary have? Let the number of Zachary's CD's be: 25 * 1/5 = 5 country music CD's

A cook has 2 3/4 pounds of ground beef. How many quarter-pound burgers can he make? Using our mixed number calculator, we see: 2&3/4 = 11/4 A quarter pounder is 1/4, so we have: 11 * (1/4) = 11/4 So we can make 11 quarter pound burgers

Jack reads 90 pages of a book in six hours. What is the average number of pages he read each hour 90 pages / 6 hour = 90/6 Type 90/6 in our search engine, click simplify, and we get: 15 pages per hour

Carrie had $32 when she got to the carnival. After riding 6 rides, she had $20 left. What was the price for each ride? If Carrie had $20 left, then the rides cost: $32 - $20 = 12 Price per ride = Cost per all rides / Total Rides Price per ride = 12/6 Price per ride = 2

A cook has 2 3/4 pounds of ground beef.How many quarter-pound burgers can he make? 2 & 3/4 converts to 11/4 in our fraction converter. A quarter-pound burger is 1/4 of a pound. 11/4 = 1/4 * 11, so the cook can make 11 quarter-pound burgers

A computer was on sale. The original cost of the computer was $900. It’s on sale for 5/6 the price. How much is the computer now? We want 5/6 of 900. We type this in our search engine and we get: 750