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Question 1184094: Alice spend $6 more than 1/8 of the amount she had on a book.
She then spent $12 more than 2/3 of the remaining money
on groceries. She had $35 left. How much Alice
spend on the book?
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Question 1184063: A fruit seller had 60 kg of pears which he graded into 3 sizes A, B and C. The ratio of the mass of Grade A pears to the mass of Grade B pears to the mass of Grade C pears was 2 : 5 : 3. There were 7 Grade B pears per kilogram. This was 2 pears more than in one kilogram of Grade A pears and 3 pears less than in one kilogram of Grade C pears. What was the ratio of the number of Grade A pears to the number of Grade B pears to the number of Grade C pears?
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Question 1184107: Joshua and Ali made some bookmarks over two days. On Friday, Joshua
made 24 more bookmarks than Ali. On Saturday, Joshua made another
30 bookmarks and Ali made another 40 bookmarks. At the end of the two
days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks. Find the number of
bookmarks Joshua made.
Please help
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Question 1184349: John and Mark shared $170. John spent 1/5 of his money and Mark spent $10 more than John. The amount of money John had left was twice as much as the amount Mark has left. How much money did John spend?
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Question 1184348: Rita had some money. She spent 1/4 of her money on 9 notebooks and
9 pens. The cost of each notebook is 3 times the cost of each pen. Then,
she decided to buy some more notebooks with 5/8 of her original sum of
money. How many notebooks did Rita buy altogether?
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Question 1184356: There were 38 pupils in class. Each of them contributed $10 towards a
class party. The form teacher contributed $25. 2/5 of the total amount
contributed was spent on food. 1/9 of the remaining amount was spent on
decoration. After spending $60 on drinks and some money on prizes, there
was $28 left.
(a) What was the total amount of contributed?
(b) How much was spent on the prize?
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Question 1184355: Last weekend Hero earned $5.30 million and Anacondas earned $2.20 million. What is the ratio of the money taken in by Anacondas to the amount taken in by Hero? Express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms.
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Question 1184354: Andy, Ben and Cain had a total of $440. After spending, Andy and Ben
saved 2/3 of their money. Cain spent 3/4 of his money and saved the rest.
Given that they spent the same amount of money, find the total amount
they have saved.
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Question 1184380: Jane paid $112 for 2 identical cups and 3 identical bowls. Each cup cost 1/2 as much as each bowl. Find the cost of each bowl.
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Question 1184379: The cost of a belt is 2/5 of the cost of a wallet. The wallet cost 3/5 the price of a bag. If the bag cost $380 more than the belt, how much does the wallet cost?
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Question 1184378: Audrey, Beth, Corrine, Dione had some stickers. The
number of Audrey’s stickers was 70% fewer than the total
number of stickers of Beth, Corrine and Dione. The ratio
of the number of Beth’s stickers to the total number of
stickers of Audrey, Corrine and Dione was 4:9. The ratio
of the number of Corrine’s stickers to the total number of
stickers of Audrey, Beth and Dione was 3:23. After Audrey
lost 57 stickers and Dione lost 81 stickers, the ratio of the
number of Audrey’s stickers to the number of Dione’s
stickers became 1:3. Find the difference in number of
stickers between Beth and Corrine at first.
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Question 1184387: The total cost of a pen and a book is $32. The cost of the pen is 3/5 the cost of
the book. What is the cost of the book?
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Question 1184387: The total cost of a pen and a book is $32. The cost of the pen is 3/5 the cost of
the book. What is the cost of the book?
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Question 1184392: Jane had some sweets and chocolates, if Jane gives 24 sweets away, the number of sweets and chocolates left became 4:1, if Jane gave 20 chocolates away, the ratio of the number of sweet to the number of chocolates left became 5:1, Find the total number of sweets and chocolates Jane had at first.
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Question 1184393: A plumber has 2 1/4 metre length of copper piping. a)He uses 2/3 of it for a job. what length of pipe is left? b)He uses 1/8 of a metre from the pipe left for another job, how much of the original is left? c)For the final job, he cuts the remaining piece of pipe in half. What length are these pieces?

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Question 1184389: The ratio of the number of stickers Aaron had to the total number of stickers Benedict and Caleb had was 2:3. The ratio of the number of stickers Benedict had to the total number of stickers Aaron and Caleb had was 4:5. Find the ratio of the number of stickers Aaron had to the number of stickers Benedict had to the number of stickers Caleb had.
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Question 1184391: Tim and Ron have some sweets each. If Tim eat 8 has of his sweets, the ratio of the number of sweets Tim has to the number of sweets Ron has becomes have 2:7. If Ron eats 8 of his sweets, Tim will have 80% as many sweets as Ron. How many sweets do they have altogether?
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Question 1184398: Andy can buy 3 mechanical pencils with 2/7 of his money. He can buy 6 mechanical pencils and 3 pens with the rest of his money. If he only buys pens, how many pens can he buy with all his money?
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Question 1184394: Johnny had some pears. He sold 2/5 of them and then gave another
144 pears to his friend. Johnny then had 1/3 of his total pears left. How many
pears did he have at first?
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Question 1184395: Eric and Patrick were playing a card game. In the first round, Eric lost 1/3 of his cards to Patrick.
In the second round, Patrick lost 0.25 of the cards he had then to Eric. In the last round, Eric
lost 1/5 of his cards he had then to Patrick. In the end, Eric had 760 cards and Patrick had 1324 cards. How many cards did Eric have at first?
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Question 1184422: Daniel had some toys. He gave 1/4 of his toys to Jed, 1/3 to Tim and shared the remainder equally with his other 2 friends. What fraction of his toys did he have left?
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Question 1184421: The ratio of Jack’s allowance to John’s allowance was 1:3. After they each spent $68 on a badminton racket, Jack had 1/4 as much money as John. How much was Jack”s allowance
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Question 1184420: Janil baked an equal number of green tea and coconut cookies. After giving away 196
green tea cookies and 276 coconut cookies, the ratio of the number of green tea cookies
left to the number of coconut cookies left was 6:4. What was the total number of green
tea and coconut cookies left?
(Typo)
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Question 1184419: Nail baked an equal number of green tea and coconut cookies. After giving away 196
green tea cookies and 276 coconut cookies, the ratio of the number of green tea cookies
left to the number of coconut cookies left was 6:4. What was the total number of green
tea and coconut cookies left?
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Question 1184436: Henry spent 1/4 of his money and an additional $3 on a number of DVDs. He then spent 3/5 of the remaining money and an additional $6 on a number of batteries. Given that he was left with $24, how much money did Henry have at first?
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Question 1184444: Ali, Ben, Cain and Dan, shared a sum of money.
Ali has 1/2 of the total amount of money that Ben, Cain and Dan have.
Ben has 1/3 of the total amount of money that Ali, Cain and Dan have.
Cain has 1/7 of the total amount of money that Ali, Ben and Dan have.
(a) What fraction of the total sum of money does Dan have?
(b) Dan has $84. Find the sum of money shared by the 4 boys.
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Question 1184470: Tess and Wilson collected some cans during recess for recycling. On Day 1, Tessa collected 12 more cans than Wilson. On Day 2, Tessa collected another 36 cans and Wilson collected 30 cans. After counting the cans, Tessa collected 6/11 of the total number of cans. How many cans did Wilson collect?
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Question 1184464: Timothy spent 3/5 of his money on 6 bolsters and 10 pillows. He spent 1/3 of his remaining money on 8 more pillows. Each bolster cost $30 more than a pillow. How much money did Timothy have at first?
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Question 1184472: Natalie, Rachel and Winnie were given a box of beads. Natalie took 5/9 of the beads and then put 14 beads back. Rachel took 1/5 of the remaining beads and then put 8 beads back. Winnie then took half of the remaining beads. The rest of the beads in the box were packed equally into 12 bags. There were 26 beads in each bag. How many beads were given to the girls?
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Question 1184463: A fun-raising project lasted 2 weeks.
In the 1st week, Team Cupcakes raised 4/7 as much as money as Team Drinks.
In the 2nd week, Team Cupcakes raised another $214 while Team Drinks raised another
$260.
The total amount raised by Team Cupcakes was 2/3 as much as the total amount raised
by Team Drinks.
What was the total amount of money raised by the two teams?
I not yet learnt algebra. Please help me to solve this problem
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Question 1184459: Gillian and Ben had a total of 4850 toys. Ben have 3/7 of his toys to Gillian. She then gave 1/3 of here toys to Ben. The ratio of the number of toys Gillian left to the number of toys Ben left was 2:3.
a) How many toys did Gillian have at the end?
b) How many toys did Ben have at first?
Dear teachers, can help me how to do this? Is ratio working backwards I think.
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Question 1184053: Ian, Jack, Kumar and Leon had 431 lollipops altogether. After Ian doubled the
number of his lollipops, Jack ate 16 lollipops, Kumar ate 3/5 of his and Leon bought
25 lollipops, they had an equal number of lollipops left. How many lollipops did
Leon have at first?
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