Paulo had 2 1/4 feet of red twine. he had 1 5/12 feet of blue twine. he used some twine for a craft. he has 1 11/12 feet of twine left how much did he use for craft?

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

Dexter read 11 science fiction books and 5 history books. lena read 9 science fiction books and 4 history books. compare the students’ ratios of science fiction books to history books. 1. determine the ratios’ form:    science fiction books to history books 2. write the ratios as fractions:    dexter: 115; lena: 94 3. rewrite with a common denominator. 4. compare. 5. answer the question. determine which shows the correct comparison of the ratios for this problem.

Kendra had twice as much money as kareem. kendra later spent $8 and kareem earned $6. by then,the two had the same amount of money. how much money did each have originally?