1. Twelve students applied for an award, but only one-fourth of them received one. How many students received an award?<\/p>\n
_________ students<\/p>\n
2. At a certain school, two-thirds of the students ride the school bus every day. What fraction of the students DON\u2019T ride the school bus?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
3. One-sixth of the cars in a parking lot are Fords, and two-sixths of the cars are Toyotas. What fraction of the cars is neither a Ford nor a Toyota?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
4. See the previous problem. If two-thirds of the Toyotas in the lot are vans, what fraction of all the cars in the lot is Toyota vans?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
5. Three-fourths of the animals in a certain zoo are mammals, and one-twelfth of the mammals are big cats. What fraction of all the animals in this zoo are big cats?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
6. \u00a0 A certain recipe calls for two-thirds\u00a0 cup of sugar to make twelve cookies. If you want to make twenty-four cookies, how much sugar do you need?<\/p>\n
_________ cups<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0 See the previous problem.\u00a0 If the same recipe calls for one-half teaspoon of vanilla, how much vanilla should you add to make thirty-six cookies?<\/p>\n
__________ teaspoons<\/p>\n
8. A bowl of candy m&m\u2019s contains both chocolate m&m\u2019s and peanut m&m\u2019s. If two-fifths of the m&m\u2019s are chocolate and three-fifths of the chocolate m&m\u2019s are red, what fraction of all the m&m\u2019s in the bowl are red chocolate m&m\u2019s?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
9. See the previous problem. If one fifth of the peanut m&m\u2019s is yellow, what fraction of all the m&m\u2019s in the bowl is yellow peanut m&m\u2019s?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
10. See the previous two problems. What fraction of all the m&m\u2019s in the bowl is neither red chocolate m&m\u2019s nor yellow peanut m&m\u2019s?<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
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