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Baseball doughnuts are weights placed on baseball bats during warmups. A high school team uses weights that are 5 1/7 lbs. There are 8 baseball donuts. What is the total weight for the baseballs?
41 1/7 oz or 288/7
What is the total weight if their are 12 baseball doughnuts. Remember that the weights weigh 5 1/7 oz.
61 5/7 oz or 432/7 oz
Solve: 16 x 5/8
80/8 = 10
Francis has 32 cups of flour. She used 3/4 in a recipe. How much flour did she use?
12 cups or 96/8 cups
Lochlan ran 3 1/6 miles each day for one week. How far did he run in all?
133/6 miles or 22 1/6 miles
4/5 x 3/7 =
12/35
8/9 x 4/5 =
32/45
3/8 x 5/14 = (This problem does not reduce).
15/112
There are 18 students in the class. 1/6 of the students have red hair. How many kids have red hair?
3
There are 18 students in class. 4/6 of the students have brown hair. How many kids have brown hair?
12
Wynn's bedroom is 4 2/3 yds long by 3 1/2 yds long. What is the area of his bedroom?
98/6 sq yds or 16 2/6 sq yds or 16 1/3 sq yds.
What is the name of the method to change mixed numbers into improper fractions?
C method
