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Robin needed 3 2⁄3 feet of thread to finish a pillow she was making. If she has 2 times as much thread as she needs, what is the length of the thread she has?

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A single box of thumb tacks weighed 3 1⁄2 ounces. If a teacher had 4 1⁄7 boxes, how much would their combined weight be?

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How many one-third cup servings are in 6 cups of pecans?

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A pet store had 4 cats to feed. If they only had one-fifth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same amount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

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Chloe collected 4 times as many bags of cans as her friend. If her friend collected 1⁄6 of a bag, how much did Chloe collect?

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At the malt shop a large chocolate shake takes 8⁄9 of a pint of milk. If the medium shake takes 1⁄7 the amount of a large, how much does the medium shake take?

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A farmer was dividing up his one-third of an acre of land between his 5 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, what fraction of the acre did each get?

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A store had 4 boxes of video games. How many days would it take to sell the games if each day they sold one-fifth of a box?

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A bottle of soda had 4 2⁄7 of the daily recommended sugar. If you were to drink 1⁄2 of the bottle, how much of the daily recommend sugar would you have drank?

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A musician's hair was originally 3 inches long. She asked her hair dresser to cut 5⁄6 of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?

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