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Question 730039: aron bought 72 sheets of construction paper aqt the cost of 2 3/8 cents per sheet. what was the cost of the paper
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Question 744529: Bella is 49 and 7/8 ths inches tall her friend is 3/8 ths taller than she is what is the height of the friend?
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Question 720122: how to solve this question ?
1) a road is 2 km long. what is the length of the road on a map of scale 1:20000 ?
2) a map uses a scale of 1:5000. what is the actual length of a river if it measures 5cm on the map? give your answer in km. .
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Question 1210392: It costs £11.25 a day to stay in a hotel in
September and £88.25 a week in August.by
comparing the cost of a week holiday in
September with that of a week's holiday in
August find ratio of cost in lowest terms

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Question 1210393: It costs £11.25 a day to stay in a hotel in
September and £88.25 a week in August.by
comparing the cost of a week holiday in
September with that of a week's holiday in
August find ratio of cost in lowest terms

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Question 1210390: 100 coins are on a table showing 10 heads and 90 tails. You are blindfolded. Is it possible to divide the coins into 2 piles with an equal number of heads?
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Question 1210383: From a ceartain number 3 is subtracted the result is divided by 2 the final answer is 5 find the number
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Question 1210383: From a ceartain number 3 is subtracted the result is divided by 2 the final answer is 5 find the number
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Question 1210381: Divide 40 by thn sum of 3 and 5
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Question 1210254: Of 90 students who took Biology and Geography test, 5/12 took Biology and 5/6 Geography.
Every candidate took at least one of the two subjects.
i. What fraction of the students took both subjects?
ii. What fraction of the students took Biology but not Geography?
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Question 1210168: How do I subtract a whole number from a fraction for example:
5-3/4 and 8 3/5-2 8/9
Thank you for your time regarding these questions.
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Question 1209939: If m is a positive integer and sqrt(4m^2+29) is an integer, then what is m?
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Question 1209939: If m is a positive integer and sqrt(4m^2+29) is an integer, then what is m?
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Question 1209939: If m is a positive integer and sqrt(4m^2+29) is an integer, then what is m?
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Question 1209939: If m is a positive integer and sqrt(4m^2+29) is an integer, then what is m?
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Question 1209894: 1). 4 is 2/5 of what number?
2). 4 is 1/3 of what number?
These are questions in the book that I need to explain to the students.
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Question 1209894: 1). 4 is 2/5 of what number?
2). 4 is 1/3 of what number?
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Question 1209894: 1). 4 is 2/5 of what number?
2). 4 is 1/3 of what number?
These are questions in the book that I need to explain to the students.
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Question 1171310: Use a graphing utility to create a scatter diagram of the data given in the table. Observe the shape of the scatter diagram to determine whether the data is best described by an exponential, logarithmic, or logistic model. Then use the appropriate regression feature to find an equation that models the data. When necessary, round values to five decimal places.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
f(x) 409.6 260.4 170.3 110.9 74.1 44.4 32.5 19.2 12.8 8.4
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Question 1209811: Find the sum
\frac{1}{7} + \frac{2}{7^2} + \frac{3}{7^3} + \frac{1}{7^4} + \frac{2}{7^5} + \frac{3}{7^6}
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Question 1191696: 2. Then grade point averages of 20 college students selected at random from the graduating class are as follows:
3.2 1.9 2.7 2.4
2.8 2.9 3.8 3.0
2.5 3.3 1.8 2.5
3.7 2.8 2.0 3.2
2.3 2.1 2.5 1.9
a. Calculate the descriptive statistics.
b. Use the appropriate graph for the GPA of the 20 students.

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Question 1209393: Compute
1/(1*4) + 1/(4*7) + 1/(7*12)
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Question 1209284: which of the following numbers is the smallest? A. 3/7 B.1/3 C.5/6 D.9/14
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Question 1209284: which of the following numbers is the smallest? A. 3/7 B.1/3 C.5/6 D.9/14
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Question 1209284: which of the following numbers is the smallest? A. 3/7 B.1/3 C.5/6 D.9/14
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Question 1209283: If 1/a + 1/b = 5/12 and ab = 24, what is the value of a+b?
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Question 1209253: Evaluate 4 to the 5/2
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Question 1209253: Evaluate 4 to the 5/2
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Question 1209224: If 2x-3y = 5, then find (9^x)/(27^y) = ??
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Question 1209050: Frank spent 1/7 of his money on shoes and 2/5 of the remaining amount on a shirt. How much money does he have left in terms of a fraction of the original amount?
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Question 1209034: Fill in the blank to make the equation true.
8/125*___ = 5/2
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Question 1209034: Fill in the blank to make the equation true.
8/125*___ = 5/2
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Question 1209190: solve the simultaneous Equations 3a^2 - 4y = -1, 2a - y = 1
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Question 1209190: solve the simultaneous Equations 3a^2 - 4y = -1, 2a - y = 1
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Question 1208935: True or false? If a and b are both irrational then a*b must always be irrational?
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Question 1208935: True or false? If a and b are both irrational then a*b must always be irrational?
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Question 1208935: True or false? If a and b are both irrational then a*b must always be irrational?
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Question 1208936: True or false? The sum of rational and irrational number is rational
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Question 1208933: I'm trying to help my niece. How can I show 1/3+1/4 as a diagram? Thanks!
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Question 1208933: I'm trying to help my niece. How can I show 1/3+1/4 as a diagram? Thanks!
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Question 1208610: When expanded as a decimal, the fraction $\frac{1}{7}$ has a repetend (the repeating part of the decimal) of $142857$. The last three digits of the repetend are $857$.

When expanded as a decimal, the fraction $\frac{1}{13}$ has a repetend that is $6$ digits long. If the last three digits of the repetend are $ABC$, compute the digits $A$, $B$, and $C$.
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