Question

1) your mother gave you $4 with which to buy a present. This covered 2/3 of the cost. How much did the present cost?

2) A stray dog ate 28 of your muffins, that was 7/8 of all of them. how many are left?

3) A recipe for bread calls for 9 cups of flour. Shawna has already put in 4 cups. how many more cups does she need to put in?

4) james ran 33.8 miles more then castro last week. james ran 41.2 miles. how many miles did castro run?

5) the wind blew away 8 of your muffins. that was 4/9 of all of them. how many jare left?

Answer all of them please​

Answer 1

1) $6
2) 3.5 muffins
3)5 more cups
4)7.4 miles
5)I’m not sure but I think 10 muffins are left.

Answer 2

1.=$6

2.=3.5 muffins (28 divided by 8)

3. = 5 cups (9-4)

4. = 7.4 (41.2- 33.8)

5.= 10 is left im pretty sure because 8/4 = 2 and 9 x 2 = 18 then 18-8= 10

I tried to explain.