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Division Riddle

Imagine you have 48 apples that you need to divide among a certain number of friends. If you divide these apples by 12, 6, 4, or 3 friends, each friend will get an equal number of apples without any apples left over. What is the smallest number of friends among these options that will achieve this? How many apples does each friend get in this case?

How much ribbon do we have?

Sarah has a piece of ribbon that is 3/4 meters long. She cuts off a piece that is 1/3 meter long to use for a craft project. How much ribbon does she have left?

How much juice?

Liam has 3/4 of a litre of orange juice and 1/3 of a litre of apple juice. He decides to mix them together in a pitcher. How many litres of juice does Liam have in the pitcher after mixing them?

How many students?

At a science camp, 156 students need to be divided into groups such that each group has the same number of students. If there are six different ways to form these groups, what are the possible numbers of students in each group? Provide all the options.

Decimal addition

If you add 0.3, 0.06, and 0.007 together, what is the sum? Express your answer in decimal form.

What is the third angle

A triangle has two angles measuring 65 degrees and 35 degrees. What is the measure of the third angle in the triangle?

Simultaneous Equations

If x + y = 12 and x - y = 4, what are the values of x and y?

What's the number

Samantha thinks of a number. She multiplies it by 5 and then subtracts 7 from the result. If the final number is 43, what was the original number Samantha thought of?

How many slices?

Tom baked a pie and cut it into 8 equal slices. He ate 3 slices and gave 2 slices to his friend. What fraction of the pie does Tom have left?

Sequences

Can you determine the next number in this sequence? 3, 9, 27, 81, ...

Fractions

Sophie and Lucas are sharing a pack of stickers. Sophie takes 3/8 of the stickers, and Lucas takes 1/2 of the stickers. What fraction of the stickers is left in the pack?

Exploring Fractions

Lucy has a ribbon that is 3/4 meters long. She cuts it into pieces that are each 1/8 meter long. How many pieces of ribbon did Lucy cut?

Calculating With Fractions

James and Sarah were comparing the amounts of lemonade they drank at a picnic. If James drank 2/3 of a litre of lemonade and Sarah drank 5/4 litres, how much more lemonade did Sarah drink than James?