Cosmo bought a power saw that was on sale for ⅓ off the listed price of
$129. how much did cosmo save?

5emmitt’s fix-it shop sells used alarm clocks. although they usually cost
$18, today emmitt has taken ⅔ off the regular price. how much is
discounted by buying an alarm clock today?

a bell rings every 1/6 hour. assuming it just rang, how many times will
it ring in the next ⅔ hour?

each bag of apples weighs 4½ pounds. how much would 3½ bags of
apples weigh?

the carpenter stacked 15 sheets of wallboard on top of each other. if
each sheet is ⅝ inch thick, how high is the stack?

9. a machine uses gasoline at a rate of 1/5 gallon an hour. so far 9/10 of a
gallon has been used. how many hours has the machine operated?

10. the circle graph shows the budget for the taylor family. if the taylor’s
monthly income is $3,860, how much of their money goes for food?

barry used ¼ of a pound of hamburger meat to make a patty for a
barbecue. he needs 54 hamburgers. how many pounds of hamburger
meat will he need?

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the price after thursday’s trading was 29⅝ dollars. the price after
friday’s trading was 26½ dollars. how much did the stock go down
on friday?

13. how many 2½ inch length of ribbon can be cut from 45 inches of
ribbon?
14. how many adults bought movie tickets if 3
5 of the 2,750 tickets sold
were purchased by adults?
15. helen practiced the guitar ¾ hour in the morning, ¾ hour in the
afternoon, and 1½ hours in the evening. how long did helen practice
the guitar?
16. sam spent 11¾ hours over 3 days to paint his bedroom. he spent 3¼
hours the first day and 3⅔ hours the second day. how many hours did
he spend on the third day to finish painting his bedroom?
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17. twenty-four pupils are in mr. robert’s class. suppose of his class
are girls. how many of his pupils are girls? how many are boys?
18. an iron bar 468¾ inches long is to be cut into 6¼ inch sections. how
many sections of this length will there be?
19. mark practiced the piano for ¾ hour on wednesday, ½ hour on
thursday, and 2 hours on friday. how many hours did he practice
in all?
20. shirley read for 3
5 hours in the morning and ½ hour in the afternoon.
how much longer did she read in the morning than in the afternoo