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Fractions

04/10/18

find the cost of buying carpeting for a room that has an area of 49 1/2 square feet if the carpet is $4 per square foot
 i believe this is an multiplication  problem 
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04/10/18

How can we predict whether a certain rational number recurs or terminates in a base system other than 10?
So for example how could I know whether 1/6 recurred or terminated in say base 8??? can this be defined in a rule???
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Fractions

04/09/18

Fraction word problem
Erica bought 3 1/2 yards of fabric. If she uses 2/3 of the fabric to make a curtain, how much will she have left?I need to understand how to solve it, less interested in the answer, more interested... more
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Fractions

04/09/18

How to calculate when the fractions 1/2, 1/3, 1/5 won't be 2/2, 3/3, 5/5 respectively, at the same time again.
1/2 1/3 1/5 - start 2/2 2/3 2/5 - wrong 1/2 3/3 3/5 - wrong 2/2 1/3 4/5 - wrong 1/2 2/3 5/5 - wrong 2/2 3/3 1/5 - wrong 1/2 1/3 2/5 - correct The awnser is 6. How to get this result through... more
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Fractions Reciprocal

04/09/18

The reciprocal of a 5 less than a number is 2/3
The reciprocal of a 5 less than a number is 2/3
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Fractions Numbers Ratio Number

04/08/18

My understanding of fraction is that we are catering to part of a whole. Is that technically correct?
What i mean to ask is if a/b is the fraction a the numerator can take any value positive, negative or 0 whereas the denominator represented by b over here should always be positive as whole should... more
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Fractions

04/08/18

daughter needs help with math
Clark made a model of his house his house is 30 1/2 feet long. The dimensions of the model is 1/25 the dimensions of clarks actual home . What is the length in feet of the model?
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Fractions Mixed Numbers

04/07/18

Jack spends 1 1/5 as long on his homework as Jill. Last week, Jill spent 5 3/4 hours doing homework how long did Jack spend doing homework
Can do it get it back ASAP due tomarrow pls help me 
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Fractions Fraction

03/30/18

There were boys and girls in a field and hall.they then changed place and the number also changes
There were 1000 students at the field and the hall.2/5 of the students at the field were girls.3/5 of the students at the hall were girls.After some students in both venues moved from one venue to... more
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03/26/18

a skier moves 3.0 meters per second for 13 miles what is his time
find the answer in scientific notation and significant figure
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Fractions

03/21/18

grandma had 5/8 of sugar she used 3/8 of it to make jelly how much sugar did she use
it is a common word problem but i have no idea how to solve it
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03/19/18

Divide using synthetic division. (x^5-2x^4-10x^3+x^2-x+131)÷(x-3)
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03/19/18

Divide using synthetic division. (5x^3-25x^2-29x-6)/(x-6)
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03/19/18

Divide using long division. (x^4+3x^3-6x^2-13x+45)/(x^2+2x-3)
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03/19/18

Find the inverse of the one-to-one function. f(x) = 3/2x + 1
Show step by step. 
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Fractions Equations

03/18/18

Equations challenge
find y if a^3y-5 = 1 / a^2
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Fractions Variables

03/18/18

Please help! I'm in 6th grade. In this word problem, we're supposed to use a variable, and I'm completely lost 😣
Caroline baked 3 dozen oatmeal raisin cookies for the bake sale at school. This is one fourth the number of cookies she baked in all. How many dozens of cookies did she bake in all?
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03/16/18

Percentages and Fractions Problem Solving Question
At halftime, Boarwarts Academy had scored all of the points so far in their annual match against Range Hill School. In the second half, each side scored three points. At the end of the match... more
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Fractions

03/15/18

John is cutting a 10 foot long piece of pipe into lengths of 2/3 foot. How many pieces of pipe with this length can he cut?
I am trying to help my 12 year old son with 6th grade math. Can you help us figure out how to work the proble?
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Fractions Math

03/13/18

One takes 3/7 eats 1/2, one takes 1/2 eats 3/7, how many do they eat?
Two friends eat some nuts from a packet. One friend takes 3/7 from the packet and eats 1/2 of what she takes. The other friend takes 1/2 from the packet and eats 3/7 of what she takes. How much did... more
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Fractions Word Problems

03/13/18

problem solving
there are 45 pupils in a class 1/9 travel to school by train. 2/5 travel by car. 2/9 travel by bus. The rest walk to schoo. how many walk
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Fractions Math Word Problem

03/12/18

find the sum of 3/7 of 1/21
i need to find the sum of 3/7 of 1/21
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Fractions

03/12/18

Two eights equivalated is one half, one third, one fourth, two thirds or two fourths
I don' know how to do this so help me   
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Fractions

03/08/18

how to solve 2/3 of 4
someone is making salad dressing with 4 cups of vinegar, they are only gonna make 2/3 of the recipe 
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Fractions Math Pre Algerbra

03/08/18

about 4/5 of the weight of a pineapple is water. about how much water would you expect to find in 2 1/2 pounds of pineapple?
i need help on my math problem somebody please help i need help yes help
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