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Question 952296: a tank has 1350 litres when 4/7 full. how much does it hold when full?

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Question 952206: At school I have to answer 10 questions, and one of the questions I don't get. It is, "The ratio of boys to girls at our school is 9:10. There are 150 students in the 6th grade. According to the ratio given, about how many boys and girls are in 6th grade (round to the nearest whole number)?" Can you please help me, I would appreciate it sooo much!!!!!!!!

~Scarlet
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Question 952484: Mina has 5 more marbles than Kirsty. Kirsty has 2 more marbles than Seb . Altogether they have 30 marbles. how many marbles does each child have.

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Question 952776: mike is making meatloaf.he uses 3 pounds of beef to 1 pound of pork. How much pork will he need? A ratio of 3/1
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Question 952941: Jonathan's warehouse purchases curtains from.a manufacturer for $80 each. The manager marks a set of curtains up 125% and then includes a 8% sales tax. How much does a customer pay for 1 set of curtains?
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Question 952980: Ms Smith's class has 32 students, 20 of whom are girls. Write down the ratio of girls to boys in its simplest form.
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Question 953251: at a concession stand, 7 hotdogs and 2 hamburgers cost a total of $14.50; two hot dogs and 7 hamburgers cost a total of $17.00. find the cost of one hot dog and one hamburger
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Question 953258: a new automobile depreciated 20% of its value in 1 year. if the automobile is prices at $18,000 after 1 year , what was the cost when it was new ?
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Question 953252: Most insurance companies will replace a vehicle anytime an estimated repair exceeds 80% of the "blue-book" value of the vehicle. Michelle's insurance company paid $7000 for repairs on her car after an accident. What can be concluded about the blue-book value of the car?
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Question 953254: Mr Taylor has $10,000 to invest. he invested part of it at 8% and part of it at 6%. If his total simple interest was $760, find how much he invested for 1 year at each rate
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Question 953426: if a bottle of hydrogen peroxide is 16oz and is 3% solution. what is the amount of pure hydrogen peroxide in the bottle?
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Question 953543: For approximately every 420 red marbles there are 35 black marbles and 24 white marbles. write the ratio of red marbles to black marbles in a SIMPLIFIED FRACTION FORM.
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Question 953910: Hi, I have a question if there is 200 cake and 88%nof the cake is sold how many are not sold?
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Question 953970: The dimensions of a rectangular box are proportional to 3, 4, and 5.
Find these dimensions knowing that the volume of the box is 480 cm^3.
Explain.
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Question 954023: If a college term started with 20,000 students, but only ended with 17,500. What was the percentage decrease? One student got a 12.5% and another got 17.3% as a decrease, yet another got a 87.5%.
explain why 87.5% doesn't make sense in the problem..
explain or show how that the student got 12.5%
(this problem is worded terribly, and really need help)
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Question 954110: Like brought a car for #2500 and sold it for #2250 what percentage loss did Luke made?
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Question 954176: $29.50 vase; 5 1/4 sales tax
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Question 954517: 6% sales tax on one 13 inch television. what is the sales tax
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Question 954580: A rectangle has an area of 1 over 6 and a length of 1.5 centimeters. What is the width and what is the perimeter? FRACTIONS
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Question 954604: If your total price was $598 with a 25% off with a 8% tax how would you solve for it?
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Question 954604: If your total price was $598 with a 25% off with a 8% tax how would you solve for it?
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Question 954402: A certain number of two digits is three times the sum of the digit. If 45 is added to it the digits are reversed.Find the number.
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Question 954657: If 40 students are there in a class 40percent are girls .10girls are added what is the new percentage of girls?

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Question 954696: 56% of the school pupils are girls.what fraction of the school pupils are boys?
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Question 954695: 56% of the school pupils are girls.what fraction of the school pupils are boys?
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Question 954764: If I have 40 boxes and 25 are highlighted blue. What percentage of the 40 boxes are highlighted? Can you please show your work.
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Question 954766: what number must be added to 100 and 20-the same to both-so that the answers are in the ratio 3:1?

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Question 954846: class has 270
ratio freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior 2:3:3:1
How do I solve for what is the percentage of seniors
Thanks
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Question 954961: An object is sold for a price with an 8% tax. The final price is then $36.18. What was the original price?
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Question 954961: An object is sold for a price with an 8% tax. The final price is then $36.18. What was the original price?
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Question 954984: if A:B = 3:4 and B:C=6:7, then what is C:A?
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Question 955016: three men A,B and C can complete a job in 8,12,16 days respectively. A , B can work together for 3 days. then B leaves and C joins.in how many days ,can A and C finish the work?

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Question 954983: 45xN =25% of 900. what is the value of N?
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Question 954879: Of the students in your class, 12% are left-handed. What fraction of the students are left-handed? are there more right-handed or left-handed students?
Explain.

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Question 955015: "a college advertises that a student to faculty ratio is 18 to 1. if 90 students register for introductory spanish, how many sections of the course would you expect to see offered"
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Question 954821: Mrs. Stephens wrote 4 statements on the board and asked the class which one was true. 5/6�5/6=5/6 or 2/3�1/3=2/3 or 7/8�8=7/8 or 3/5�5=5
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Question 955167: 3 out of 7 girls play sports. If 175 girls play sports how many total girls are there

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Question 955146: If you have 3000 Students
and you want to give 30 questions to one student from your Questions Bank which contain 500 questions .
we have 10 exam rooms ,each contain 20 students.
What is the probablity for having similarity questions in this exam room between the students??????

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Question 955202: A recipe uses 5 cup of flour for every 2 cups of sugar. If I want to make a recipe using 8 cups of flour how much sugar should i use
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Question 955218: How do i find capacity in math?
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Question 955399: if 40 classes is calculated as 100% how much does 31 classes as ?
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Question 955404: On a certain radio station, every 3rd song played is "classic rock," and a prize is given away during every 4th song played. If a song is selected at random from 120 consecutive songs that the radio station will play one night, what is the probability that the song will be "classic rock" and that a prize will be given away during that song?
1/12
1/10
1/5
1/4
1/3

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Question 954982: a book seller had some books. he sells 25% and still has 600 books . how many did he have originally ?
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Question 955560: If it takes 3 cups of sugar to make cookies for 40 children, how many cups of sugar will it take to make cookies for 600 students?
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Question 955560: If it takes 3 cups of sugar to make cookies for 40 children, how many cups of sugar will it take to make cookies for 600 students?
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