1,665 Answered Questions for the topic Fractions

09/11/19

Mario needs to work 32 5/6 hours this week. He has worked 19 7/8 so far this week. How many more hours does he need to work this week?
I just can not figure out how to get this answer, an explanation would be very helpful, thanks in advance:)
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Fractions Prealgebra

09/11/19

In 5/7 of a day Brian completed 1/3 of his science project. at that rate how long did it take him to complete the entire project?
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Fractions Math Percents Help

09/11/19

Company hires 12 people from a pool of equally qualified applicants.It has 60% women and 40% men.If your threshold for bias is 5%, find the number of women hired before you have a reasonable doubt.
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Fractions

09/11/19

Comparing Fractions

An 11 3/8 inch wide board can be cut into how many strips of width 5/8 inch, of each cut takes 1/8 inch of the width?
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Fractions

09/11/19

Math problem solving
Tom has 9/10 of last week's allowance and 7/10 of this week's allowance how many weeks of allowance in total does tom have left?
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Fractions Word Problem

09/09/19

Bill can walk 1/4 of a lap in 5/12 of a minute
How many laps can he walk in one minute if bill can walk 1/4 of a lap in 5/12 of a minute show work
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Fractions Mathematics

09/09/19

Fraction word problem

You have been given the job of cutting a supply of 2" × 4" pieces of lumber for a frame house. Each piece is to be 14 ½ inches long. Each cut is 1/8 inch wide. At Home Depot and Lowe’s, the choices... more
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Fractions

09/08/19

Math equation for homework
A corporation reported profits of approximately $1,400 million with approximately $52,000 million in revenues. Compare the profit to revenue by writing as a fraction in lowest terms.
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Fractions

09/08/19

Beth spent 1/3 of her time she needed to complete her homework reading a chapter and the remaining 20 minutes writing an essay.How much time did she spend doing her homework?
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Fractions

09/08/19

Cutting measurements

A recipe calls for 1 3/4 cups of flour. If you want to make 1/3 of the recipe, how many cups of flour should you use?
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Fractions

09/08/19

Of the 68 computers in the lab, 53 are laptops. What fraction of the computers are not laptops? Let F equal the fraction that are not laptops.create an equation you could use to solve the problem.
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Fractions

09/06/19

Hong has bought 30 pounds of dog food. He feeds his dog 2/3 pounds each meal. For how many meals will the food last?
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09/06/19

Over 3 days, Aniston practiced the piano a total of 5 hrs last week. She practiced 1 1/4 hrs on Monday and twice that amount on Wednesday. How many hrs did she practice on Friday?
Please simply this problem so I can explain it to my daughter
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Fractions Elementary Math

09/05/19

Cutting ribbons

Each piece he cuts measures 7/8 inch. The artist cuts off 5 pieces. How many total inches of ribbon has he cut off
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Fractions

09/03/19

oko has bought 18 pounds of dog food. She feeds her dog 23 pounds for each meal. For how many meals will the food last?
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Fractions

09/03/19

How long can Julie run 3 miles

It takes Danny 2/3 of an hour to jog 3 miles if julie can jog the same distance in 2/3 of the time that Danny can, how long does it take Julie to jog 3 miles
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Fractions

08/30/19

How do you write it in a/b form
How do you write 5 1/5 in a/b form
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Fractions Math

08/27/19

If a certain kind of cereal is 2/3 and there are 12 cups of cereal in the box. How many serving of cereal are in the box?
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Fractions

08/26/19

Write the fraction as a difference
3x-7-------12
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Fractions Elementary Math

08/25/19

Fraction story problem

martin eats 3/8 of a pizza. felix eats 2/5 of a pizza of the same size. who eats more pizza? how much more pizza does he eat?
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Fractions

08/25/19

negative fractions

2 1/4 • -8/27 please help me i am very confused on how to answer this question. please explain!!!!!! this is due for me by tomorrow and i am so confused!!!!!!! thank you so much in advance! hahahaha. more
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Fractions Math Algebra Exponents

08/25/19

Please help with an algebra question: solving for x with exponents and within a fraction!

221 – x2_____ = 131 (-149) i cant solve this for the life of me, I can’t find any example that looks similar for comparison, please help! Step by step would help big time !essentially just... more
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Fractions

08/24/19

Equivalent Fractions
Which of these equations is equivalent to 1 1/2 X 3 1/5 = 4 1/2?a) 4 1/2 divided by 3 1/5 = 1 1/2b) 1 1/2 divided by 4 1/2 = 3 1/5c) 1 1/2 divided by 3 1/5 = 4 1/2d) 3 1/5 divided by 4 1/2 = 1... more
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Fractions

08/24/19

Fraction Word Problem
In the voting for City Council Precinct 5, only 1/2 of all eligible voters cast votes. Shelley received 3/10 of the votes and Morgan received 5/8 of the votes. What fraction of all eligible voters... more
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Fractions

08/24/19

Fraction word problem
Need help with this question. A scientist had 3/4 of a bottle of a solution. She used 1/6 of the solution in an experiment. How much of the bottle did she use? It seems like I should subtract them,... more
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