A road is resurfaced at the rate of 2 1/5 km per day. if it takes 9 days to complete the job, how long is the road?
2 & 1/5 = 11/5
9 / 11/5 is the same as 9 * 5/11 - 45/11
If Jay reads 1 & 1/8 pages per minute, how long will it take him to read 72 pages?
Calculate de
72 pages / 1 & 1/8
Converting to decimal, we have:
72 pages / 1.125 pages per minute = 64 minutes
A recipe calls for 2 ½ cup of flour, but Paul only has 2 ⅙. How much more flour does he need?
Convert to improper fractions
2 & 1/2 = 5/2
2 & 1/6 = 13/6
Convert 5/2 to an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 6:
15/6
We subtract 13/6 from 15/6
15/6 - 13/6 = 2/6
2/6 = 1/3
Del and his 5 friends eat 4 pizzas. If each has the same amount and there is 1/4 of a pizza left over, how much did each person eat?
This means 4 full pizzas - 1/4 of a pizza = 3 & 3/4 pizzas eaten
Del and his 5 friends means 6 people total. Since they ate equal amounts, we divide pizzas eaten...