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1. Every morning Beth walks mile to

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school. In the late afternoon, she
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returns home walking another
4
mile. What is her total walk each
day going to and from school?

3. Two friends were walking along the

boardwalk at the beach and enjoying
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the sun and the view. They each bought
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lb. of salt water taffy. How much taffy did
they buy in all?

4. Lisa bought a new pair of blue jeans. She

tried them on, looked in the mirror and felt
the jeans did not fit as closely as she wanted.
 She decided to shrink the jeans. She soaked
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them twice. The first time the jeans shrank
16
of an inch. The second time the jeans shrank
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another of an inch from the original size.
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How much did she shrink the jeans in all?

5. Julie went to a party at her girlfriends house,

where she saw many of her friends and spent some
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time dancing. She danced with Gary for hour,
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with Bob for hour and with Gil for hour.
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How much time did she spend dancing altogether?

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1. When Shirley left home, she had hour
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before her class started. Her bus
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got tied up in a traffic jam for hour. How
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much time was left for her to get to class?
2. A beginning computer user was able to
type a paragraph in 'to minute.
An experienced computer user could type
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the same paragraph in minute. What is
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the difference between these typing times?
3. In building a stereo system, Marcie
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drilled a hole into a board that was
24
inch in diameter. She drilled a second hole
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that was inch in diameter. How much
24
longer was the diameter of the first hole
than the second?
4. In a psychological experiment, the
professor was testing how fast his
students could react. When a light flashed,
the student was supposed to press a bar as
fast as he or she could. The fastest student
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pressed the bar in of a second after the
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light had flashed; the slowest student,
25
second after the light had flashed. What
was the difference in reaction time
between the fastest and slowest student?

5. The ice on the pond where everyone liked to

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skate during the winter was of an inch at
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its thickest point and of an inch at its
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thinnest point. What was the difference in the
thickness of the ice for these two points?

1. Mom is making 1 /3 of a recipe

that calls for 2/3 of a cup of flour.
How much flour should she use?

2. If there are 365 days in one year,

how many days are there in 25
years? (Dont worry about leap
years.)

3. Nancy needs 1/2 cup of honey for

bread, 1 /3 cup for cookies, and
1/4 cup for fruit salad. How
much honey does she need
altogether?

4. Ivan spotted 36 birds Saturday

morning at Hawk Mountain.
Three-fourths| of them were
hawks. How many hawks did he
see?
5. Mom left 1/3 of a pie for chucky
to eat, but since he was not very
hungry,
he ate only 1/5 of what was there.
What part of a whole pie did
chucky eat?

1. A stack of boards is 21 inches

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high. Each board is 1 inches
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thick. How many boards are
there?

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2. If a bookshelf is 28 inches
8
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long, how many l inch thick
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books will it hold?
3. A piece of paper is inches
4
thick. How many sheets of
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