IXL | Multi-step word problems with positive rational numbers

Julian is making potato salad for a family picnic. At the market, he spends $5.58 on red potatoes and $4.68 on yellow potatoes. If each type of potato costs $0.90 per pound, how many total pounds of potatoes does he buy?

Write your answer as a whole number or decimal.

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Hunter has

hours to spend at Wally's Game World. He spends

of an hour playing arcade games, and he spends the rest of the time playing miniature golf with his friends. If each round of golf takes

of an hour, how many rounds does Hunter play?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

rounds

solution

You need to find how many rounds of golf Hunter plays. But first, you need to know how much time he has left after playing arcade games.

Hunter has

hours at Wally's Game World, and he spends

of an hour playing arcade games.

Start by writing

with a denominator of 4. Then both fractions will have the same denominator.

Subtract.

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Hunter has

hours left after playing arcade games.

Now divide to find how many rounds of golf Hunter plays. He has

hours left, and each round of golf takes

of an hour.

Hunter plays 3 rounds of golf.

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