Multi Step Problems with Rational Numbers

David has 3 1/2 cups of blueberries. He uses 1/4 of a cup of blueberries to make a breakfast smoothie. He uses 1/2 of the remaining blueberries to make blueberry pancakes. How many cups of blueberries does he use for the pancakes?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

15 How many inches were cut?

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Sophie went to the lake with her family. First, they spent 1 1/4 hours fishing. Then, they spent twice as much time swimming. How much time did they spend fishing and swimming in all?

Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

Kelly made fruit punch to serve at a party for her chess team. She mixed 1 2/5 liters of cranberry juice and 1 3/5 liters of pineapple juice together. Then, she split the fruit punch evenly among 9 glasses. How much fruit punch did Kelly pour into each glass? Write your answer as a whole number, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

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Francisco’s recipe for cookies calls for 3/4 cup of sugar,

2 1/2 cup of flour, and 3 eggs. If he wants to use half as much sugar and then triple the recipe size, how much sugar will he need?

• 1 1/8 cups

• 2 1/4 cups

• 7 1/2 cups

• 4 1/2

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A recipe calls for 3 cups of flour for every 4 cups of sugar. If you want to make a half batch, how many cups of sugar do you need?

• 2 cups

• 3 cups

• 4 cups

• 6 cups

Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have?

Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

Luther owns a farm where he grows red and green tomatoes. He sells both types of tomatoes for $1.70 per pound. One customer bought 10.6 pounds of red tomatoes and 8.3 pounds of green tomatoes. How much money did Luther earn in all from that sale?