IXL | Multi-step word problems with fractions and mixed numbers

On Monday, Charlotte spent

of an hour on each of her homework assignments. It took her 2 hours to finish them all. On Tuesday, Charlotte had 3 more homework assignments than she did on Monday. How many homework assignments did Charlotte have on Tuesday?

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Colette is planting a cactus and some ferns in pots. She has

quarts of potting soil, and she uses

quarts of it to pot the cactus. She wants to use the rest of the soil to pot the ferns. Each fern needs

of a quart of potting soil. How many ferns can Colette pot?

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solution

To find how many ferns Colette can pot, you can follow these steps.

Step 1: Find how much potting soil Colette has left after potting the cactus.

Colette has

quarts of potting soil. She uses

quarts of soil to pot the cactus. Subtract to find how much potting soil Colette has left.

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So, Colette has 3 quarts of potting soil left after potting the cactus.

Step 2: Find how many ferns Colette can pot.

Colette wants to use the rest of the soil to pot the ferns. Each fern needs

of a quart of potting soil. To find how many ferns Colette can pot, divide the 3 quarts of potting soil that you found in step one by

So, Colette can pot 6 ferns.

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