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Review: What is 1/10 less than 5/10?

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• 1/10

• 2/3 - 1/3 =

• 1/3

• 8/9 - 4/9 =

• 0/5

• 8/10 - 7/10 =

• 4/9

• 4/10 - 1/10 =

• 3/10

• 4/5 - 4/5 =

Landon has 8/10 of his lawn left to mow. He mows 6/10 of the lawn before breaking for breakfast. How much more of the lawn does Landon have left to mow?

Kirk has 3/4 of a carton of eggs. He uses some of the eggs to make an omelette and now has 2/4 of the carton left. What fraction of the carton did Kirk use?

• 396
• 414
• 596
• 386

8.5 - 4.8 =

Bertha is busy weighing her vegetables to sell at the market. She has 25.25 pounds of green beans and 13.3 pounds of peas. How many more pounds of green beans does she have then peas?

• 11.95 pounds

• 38.55 pounds

• 26.58 pounds

• 10.92 pounds

5.4 - 2.3

• 3.1

• 5.3

• 7.7

• 2.1

8.19 - 7.05

• 1.14

• 1.04

• 1.24

• 1.12

• 5 1/1 = 6
• 5 1/12
• 4 11/12
• 5 11/12