Erin buys a bag of peanuts that weighs 3/4 of a pound. Later that week, the bag is 2/3 full. How much does the bag of peanuts weigh now?
Question 2
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Two-fifths of the instruments in the marching and are brass, one third are percussion, and the rest are woodwinds. What fraction of the band are woodwinds?
Question 3
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Based on previous question...One half of the woodwinds are clarinets. What fraction of the band is clarinets?
Question 4
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One eighth of the brass instruments are tubas. If there are 240 instruments in the band, how many are tubas?
Question 5
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One container holds 1 7/8 quarts of water and a second container holds 5 3/4 quarts of water. How many more quarts of water does the second container hold than the first container?
Question 6
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Kate wants to buy a new bicycle from a sporting goods store. The bicycle she wants normally sells for $360. The store has a sale where all bicycles cost 5/6 of the regular price. What is the sale price of the bicycle?
Question 7
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To multiply a whole nubmer by a fraction, you can first write the whole number as a fraction by placing the whole number in the numberator and 1 in the denominator. Does following this step change the product? Explain