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1. Kim is baking cookies for a large party and wants to double the recipe. The original recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. How many cups should she use for the double batch?
2. Rita caught fish that weighed 3 1/4 lb, 8 1/2 lb, and 4 2/3 lb. What was the total weight of all the fish that Rita caught?
3. Rosa kept track of how many hours she spent reading during the month of August. The first week she read for 4 1/2 hours, the second week for 3 3/4 hours, the third week for 8 1/5 hours, and the fourth week for 1 1/3 hours. How many hours altogether did she spend reading in the month of August?
4. Joey, Aaron, Barbara, and Stu have been collecting pennies and putting them in identical containers. Joey’s container is 3/4 full, Aaron’s is 3/5 full, Barbara’s is 2/3 full, and Stu’s is 2/5 full. Whose container has the most pennies?
5. Tike Television has six minutes of advertising space every 15 minutes. How many 3/4 minute commercials can they fit in the six-minute block?
6. Tammi babysat for 4 1/2 hours. She charged $7 an hour. How much should she get paid?
7. Darma traveled 12 hours to visit her grandmother; she spent 5/6 of her travel time on the highway. How many hours were not spent on the highway?
8. The painting crew has 54 2/3 miles of center lines to paint on the highway. If they have completed 23 1/5 miles, how many miles do they have to go?
9. Lucy worked 32 1/2 hours last week and earned $195. What is her hourly wage?
10. Which fraction below is closest to 1/2?
11. Josh practiced his clarinet for 5/6 of an hour. How many minutes did he practice?
12. Samantha’s Girl Scout troop is selling holiday wreaths. Each wreath has a bow that uses 2/3 yard of ribbon. How many bows can Samantha make from a spool of ribbon that is 10 yards long?
13. Amy worked 4/5 of the days last year. How many days did she work (1 year= 365 days)?
14. Which of the following is NOT equivalent to 3/5?
15. The town’s annual budget totals $32 million. If 2 1/5 of the budget goes toward education, how many dollars go to education?
16. The local firefighters are doing a “fill the boot” fundraiser. Their goal is to raise $3,500. After 3 hours, they have raised $2,275. Which statement below is accurate?
17. The state of Connecticut will pay two fifths of the cost of a new school building. If the city of New Haven is building a school that will cost a total of $15,500,000, what will the state pay?
18. A sheet of plywood is 4 1/2 feet wide and 6 1/2 feet long. What is the area of the sheet of plywood?
19. Allison baked a cake for Guy’s birthday; 4/7 of the cake was eaten at the birthday party. The next day, Guy ate half of what was left. How much of the cake did Guy eat the next day?
20. Lori has half a pizza left over from dinner last night. For breakfast, she eats 1/3 of the leftover pizza. What fraction of the original pizza remains after Lori eats breakfast?
21. Lindsay and Mark purchased a 3/4 acre plot of land to build a house. Zoning laws require that houses built on less than 1 acre take up no more than half the land. What is the largest amount of land that Lindsay and Mark’s house can cover?
22. Chuck is making a patio using 1 1/2 foot cement squares. The patio will be10 cement squares by 10 cement squares. If the cement squares are placed right next to each other without any space in between, what will the dimensions of the patio be?
23. A large coffee pot holds 120 cups. It is about two-thirds full. About how many cups are in the pot?
24. The Grecos are taking an 8 3/4 mile walk. If they walk at an average speed of 3 1/2 miles per hour, how long will it take them?
25. Mark has three 4 1/2 oz cans of tomatoes and five 8 1/4 oz cans. How many ounces of tomatoes does Mark have?

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