Tom compared 2/12 and 7/6 by first comparing each fraction to 1/2 and 1. Step 1: 2/12 is less than 1/2. Step 2: 7/6 is less than 1 but more than 1/2. Step 3: So, 2/12 < 7/6 In which step did Tom mess up?

Gias is 4 years younger that her sister, the sum of their age is 74, how old is joy

A bread recipe calls for 5 1/2 cups of white flour and 1 1/4 cups of rye flour. How much more of white flour than rye flour is needed

Maisie counted her dimes. when she put them in groups of four she had two dimes left over. when she put them in groups of five she had one left over. what is the smallest number of dimes she could have if she has more than 10

Slope can be expressed as rise/run. agree or disagree? why?

If 2X + 1 = 27,032 is true then 2x+3 = ?

Bridget needs an actor. Actor a is offering her services for an initial $285 in an addition to $45 per day. Actor B is offering her services for an initial $240 in an addition to pay $50 per day.

3/5x + 5 = 4/5 solve for x

Patty is building a rope ladder for a tree house. She needs two five foot pieces of rope for the sides of the ladder. she needs 7 pieces of rope, each 18 inches long, for the steps.

A classmate simplifies the expression in exercise 1. is the expression he wrote equivalent to the original expression? explain. exercise 1: 14d - 9 - 21k - 7dk + 2 exercise 4: 7dk (2 - 3 - 1) - 7 the length of a book is 2.

91 boxes of apples hold a total of 2,605. Assuming each box has about the same number of apples, estimate of apples in each box.