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Challenge Exercises:
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Unit 14 > Lesson 10 of
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Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER. After
you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether
your answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR. Be sure to
write each
fraction or fractional part in lowest terms.
- To enter the fraction three-fourths, type 3/4
into the form.
- To enter a mixed number, type the whole-number part and the fractional
part, separated by a space. For example, to enter the mixed number four
and two-thirds, type 4, a space, and then 2/3 into the form.
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In a class of twenty-four students, eighteen have brown eyes. What
part of the class has brown eyes?
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Derek's dad travels one and one-half hours each way to work. What part of his
day is spent commuting to and from work?
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Write nine-fourths as an equivalent fraction with a numerator of 45.
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A shopkeeper is designing two advertisements for
placement in a local newspaper. If one ad covers nine-tenths of a page and the
other covers fifteen-sixteenths of a page, then which fraction represents the larger advertisement?
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A designer spends three-eighths of her workday on web graphics and
three-sevenths of her
workday on print art. On which task does she spend less time (web or
print)?
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Which fraction is greater than three-fifths? (Enter the fraction in the answer
box below)
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Which fraction is less than five-ninths? (Enter the fraction in the answer
box below)
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Which fraction is equal to three-fourths? (Enter the fraction in the answer box
below)
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There are 30 apples to be shared equally among 4 people using a knife.
What part of the apples will each person get?
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A scientist needs two and four-fifths pints of a liquid for an experiment. If the test tube only holds
two-fifths of a pint, then how many times will she have to fill the test
tube?
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