Recent questions tagged fractions and decimals

Raj bought two rolls of tape. The first roll had 11.8 metres of tape and the second roll had 19.5 metres of tape. How many metres of tape did Raj buy in all?

asked Sep 26, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Ashwin has a nice garden, three-fifths of which is vegetables and one-tenth is fruits. If he wants to plant herbs, what fraction of the garden is available to him for cultivation?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Ram bought $3 \large \frac{2}{3}\;$ Kg of potatoes and $2 \large\frac{1}{3}\;$ Kg of onions. What is the total weight of the vegetables bought?

asked Sep 1, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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What is 98334.2678 rounded to the nearest tenths?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The given picture gives the different parts of a blanket that will be made with different color fabric. What decimal represents the part of blanket that is green and what decimal represents the part of blanket that is unshaded?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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I thought of a decimal number. I multiplied it by 5, then subtracted 1.5. I took the result and divided it by 4 and then subtracted 0.125. The end result was 0.5. What was the number that I had in mind?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If the following shaded figure is 1:

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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If the following shaded figure is 1:

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The table shows the number of boys and girls in class 4 by section. What is the fraction of boys in class 4-A to the number of girls in classes 4-B and 4-C?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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The given clock is physically turned $\large\frac {3}{4}$ times to its right. Which of the following options is a correct representation of this fact?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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How many more unit squares have to be shaded in order to have one-fifth of this figure shaded?

asked Aug 25, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Nadal can throw the ball $16 \large\frac{3}{5}$ feet in the air; Federer can throw the ball $15\large\frac{1}{3}$ feet in the air. How much farther can Nadal throw the ball compared to Federer?

asked Aug 24, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Evaluate the following: $4 \large\frac{2}{3} $$ - 3 \large\frac{1}{2}$:

asked Aug 24, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Which of the following options best represent the shaded area of the two figures?

asked Aug 24, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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What fraction of the figure below is shaded?

asked Aug 24, 2016 by balaji.thirumalai

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Warren bought two rolls of tape. The first roll had 7.2 metres of tape and the second roll had 7.45 metres of tape. How many metres of tape did Warren buy in all?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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On a school trip, a class travels 2.1 kilometres by train and 1.8 kilometres by bus. How far did the class travel?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Edwin had 7.8 grams of pepper. Then he used 4.3 grams of the pepper to make some scrambled eggs. How much pepper does Edwin have left?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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A carpenter bought a piece of wood that was 4.8 centimetres long. Then he sawed 3.72 centimetres off the end. How long is the piece of wood now?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Brian mixed 2.06 grams of salt into a pot of soup he was cooking. Before he served the soup, Brian added 5.07 grams of salt. How much salt did Brian put into the soup in all?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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You buy a gallon of lemonade and after drinking it, you have one-fourth left. You take that to a picnic and share it equally with four other people. What fraction of the original lemonade will each person get?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Ramakrishnan is reading a novel and this book has 250 pages. Ramakrishnan manages to read $\large\frac{1}{25}$ of the book every day. After 4 days, how many pages does he have left to read?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Jack ate $\large\frac{1}{16}$ of a pizza and his friend Jill ate $\large\frac{9}{16}$ of the pizza. How much total pizza did they eat altogether?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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On Friday night, John ate half a pizza for dinner and had the remaining half pizza left over. On Saturday, he ate one-third of what was left and ate the rest on Sunday. How much pizza did John eat on Sunday? Simplify your answer as a proper fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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There are 37 students in class 8. There are 14 girls in the class. What is the fraction of the class that are boys?

asked Dec 31, 2015 by pady_1

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Fractions with different denominators are called:

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The parking lot of the Mall has a capacity of 112 cars. On Monday $\large\frac{4}{14}$ of the parking lot was occupied with cars. How many additional cars could park there?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The parking lot of the Mall has a capacity of 4307 cars. On Mondays the ratio of occupied spots to empty spots in the parking lot was 28:45. The number of additional cars that could park there is

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Kareem ate $\large\frac{5}{12}$ of a pizza and his friend Joel ate $\large\frac{7}{18}$ of the pizza. How much total pizza did they eat altogether?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Monika purchased 14.5 litres of refined oil for Rs. 290. Find the cost of one litre of oil.

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Each side of a regular polygon of six sides is 3.5 cm in length. Find the perimeter of the polygon.

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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How many buckets of equal capacity can be filled from 850 litres of water, if each bucket has capacity of 8.5 litres?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The product of two decimals is 42.9870. If one of them is 12.4, find the other?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The fractions $\large\frac{11}{8}$ and $\large\frac{57}{52}$ are examples of:

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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There are two containers, one that can hold $3\large\frac{2}{7}$ litres of milk and the other that can hold $3\large\frac{1}{4}$ litres of milk. Suppose there are 7 containers of the first type and 12 containers of the second type. How many litres of milk will be required to fill them both?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Find the following:$\large\frac{15}{16}$ of $7\large\frac{3}{11}$

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Bala's aunt lives 144 kilometers away from his house. When he wants to visit his aunt, he travels $\large\frac{1}{3}$ of this distance by train and the rest by bus. How many kilometers does he travels by bus?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Shilpa cuts 25 metres of rope into pieces of 1.25 m each. How many pieces does she get?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Total weight of some bags of wheat is 1743 kg. If each bag contains 49.8 kg. How many bags are there in all?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Find the average of 4.2, 3.8 and 4.6

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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A vehicle covers a distance 48 km in 2.4 litres of petrol. How much distance will it cover in a litre of petrol?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Each side of a square is 2.5m in length. Find the perimeter of the square.

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Sapna bought a shirt for Rs. 125.50 and a jeans for Rs. 550.75. She paid Rs. 1000 in all. How much money did she get back?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Rohit purchased a notebook for Rs. 13.65, a pencil for Rs. 2.00 and a pen for Rs. 14.35. How much did he pay in all?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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What should be added to 63.58 to get 90

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Write the answer in short form (decimal number) : 7000 + 300 + 60 + 6 + $\large\frac{6}{10}$ + $\large\frac{8}{100}$ + $\large\frac{9}{1000}$

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The parking lot of the Shopping Complex has a capacity of 1224 cars. On Thursdays the ratio of occupied spots to empty spots in the parking lot was 11:25. The number of additional cars that could park there is

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The parking lot of the Mall has a capacity of 715 cars. On Saturdays the ratio of occupied spots to empty spots in the parking lot was 5:8. The number of additional cars that could park there is.

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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The fractions $\large\frac{7}{20} and \large\frac{9}{20}$ are :

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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Ram is reading a story book and this book has 287 pages. Ram manages to read $\large\frac{4}{41}$ of the book every day. After 2 days, how many pages does he have left to read?

asked Oct 14, 2015 by pady_1

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