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A woman spent 1/4 of her salary on rent. 1/3 of the remaining on food and 2/5 of the rest on transport. If she has 5000 naira
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Y.Abdulsalam
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23. A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed Ksh 200 000 to complete. However, 40
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Umme-kulsum
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Mary competes in a long jump con tion. Her first jump is 4.8 m.
Her best jump is 10% more than this. However, her best jump is
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!!
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mike went to the bakery and bought eatable worth 25$, out of which 30 cents went on sales tax on taxable purchases. if the tax
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ujala
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a fruit seller buys 712 fruits ,of which 3/4 are apples. of all apples that he bought 1/3 were found to be rotten. if he sold
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marvin
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the numerator of a fraction is one-half the denominator! If the numerator is is increased by 2 and denominator is decreased by
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JJ
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A total of
600 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 50 fewer
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gena
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The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in a stamp club was 3 : 2 last year. When 15 boys joined the club this
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jane
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The Cupcake Cafe makes 4 1/2 times as much revenue on doughnuts as muffins. If the total sales was $44,000 for May, what dollar
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Priscilla
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Adrienne, Betty and Cathy were the only three competitors participating in a series of athletic events. In each event, the
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Gizmo
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Vikram spent 1/4 of his money on a science textbook and 2/3 of the remainder on stationary. What fraction of his money did he
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Sampada
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justin has a car that ca travel 77 1/2 miles with 3 1/10 gallons of gas. kim has a car that can travel 99 1/5 miles with 3 1/5
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mariam
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A total of 688 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult tickets or student tickets. There were 62 fewer
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Ms. Singh
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Ashwin and Donald decided to set out from two towns on their bikes, which are 247 miles apart, connected by a straight Roman
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blodwick
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There are 32 more apples than oranges in a box. 3/5 of the oranges and 1/3 of the apples are overripe. If the number of
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jessi
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One grocery clerk can stock a shelf in 40 min, whereas a second clerk requires 20 min to stock the same shelf. How long would it
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Meghan
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Lily went for 8 rides at the county fair. Some rides were on the merry-go-round, and the rest were on the pirate ship. The total
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Evelyn
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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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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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Dave uses 500 milliliters of juice for a punch recipe. He mixes it with two liters of ginger ale. How many milliliters of punch
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Hannah
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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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david gained 14 pounds over the winter. he went on a diet and lost 26 pounds. then he regainged 5 pounds and weighed 179 pounds.
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TIM
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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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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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Mr. Jordan’s class is having a pizza party with the $100 they earned in a competition. A cheese pizza costs $10, and a
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deariowilkerson
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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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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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John took all his money from his savings account he spent 176 on a radio and 6/11 of what was left on presents for his friends
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Jasmine
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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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Michelle used a $20 bill to pay for a notebook that only cost p dollars. How much change did Michelle receive from the cashier?
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Anabella
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A glass contains 30ml of whisky which is 40% alcohol if 45ml of water is added and the mixture is stirred,what is now the
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Nickson
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there are 84 black blue and red pens altogether in a bag . there are 6 times as many blue pens as red pens . there are 4 more
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G.J. Pillai
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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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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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A diner makes vanilla milkshakes and chocolate milkshakes. The vanilla milkshake machine has a 300-cup capacity, and sells 15
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zee
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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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A table is sold At ksh 4500 and a chair at ksh 2000.a salesman earns a commission of 8% on every table and 5% on every chair
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Said
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A plane can fly 980 miles in the same time as it takes a car to go 420 miles. If the car travels 80 mph slower than the plane,
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yenenat lemma
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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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A cake and three ice creams together cost $210. Mary bought a cake and two ice creams for $200.
a) Calculate the cost of 1 ice
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indira
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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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A pupil spent 1/6 of the pocket money on soda and 1/4 of the remainder on transport and was left with sh.36,000. How much money
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Anonymous
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