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Daniel made butterscotch pudding with whipped cream and crushed peanuts for dessert. He used half of a cup of water, half of a cup of whipping cream, three-fourths of a cup of peanuts, and three-fourths of a cup of milk for the dessert. How much liquid did he use in all?
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Grace likes to ice skate better than roller skating. She said she could go faster on ice skates. If it takes her eighty-four seconds to skate around an ice rink that is one-fifth of a mile around, how long would it take her to skate five miles? Round your answer to the nearest minute.
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Natalie whined, "I don't understand all this technical stuff. The instructions say I should compress my files. How do I do that?" The instruction manual that came with the software had very clear instructions, but Natalie liked being contrary, so she never read instructions. The software will compress a file to one-tenth of its uncompressed size. If it is used to compress a file of 81,745 bytes, how many bytes will the new file take up?
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The clasp on Emily's purse was broken. She decided to go downtown to have it repaired. She told her mother that she would be back in four and a half hours. As she began her descent of the stairs she looked at her watch. It was 11:55 a.m. What time should she be back at home?
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Stephanie's father is her hero. He is a farmer and works very hard every day to take care of his family. He spends time with Stephanie and her brother every day, even when he is very tired. On their farm they have a herd of dairy cattle. There are one hundred seventeen cows in the herd. If it takes one-fourth of an acre of pastureland to provide grass for each cow, how many acres of pastureland are needed to provide grass for their dairy cattle?
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