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A recipe called for using 9.5 cups of flour before baking and another 6.8 cups after baking. What is the total amount of flour needed in the recipe?

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A small box of nails was 6 5 ⁄6 inches tall. If the large box of nails was 4 2 ⁄9 inches taller, how tall is the large box of nails? 

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Adam spent 2 2 ⁄9 hours working on his math homework. If he spent another 4 4 ⁄6 hours on his reading homework, what is the total time he spent on homework? 

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For Halloween, Gwen received 2 1 ⁄2 pounds of candy in the first hour and another 5 1 ⁄3 pounds the second hour. How much candy did she get total? 

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Frank drew a line that was 3 3 ⁄4 inches long. If he drew a second line that was 10 4 ⁄7 inches longer, what is the length of the second line? 

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A bowl of cereal had 3 3 ⁄8 grams of sugar in it. If Will ate 2 bowls a week, how many grams of sugar would he have eaten? 

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A box of pencils weighed 2 1 ⁄8 ounces. If a principal ordered 2 boxes, how much would they weigh?

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An air freshener used 3 1 ⁄3 milliliters of perfume. If Chloe wanted to make 4 air fresheners, how many milliliters of perfume would she use? 

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An industrial dishwasher takes 2 gallons of water to wash a full load of dishes. If you were to wash 3 full load and 2 ⁄9 of a load, how much water would you use?

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An industrial dishwasher takes 3 gallons of water to wash a full load of dishes. If you were to wash 2 full load and 3 ⁄6 of a load, how much water would you use? 

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