ISEE Middle Level Math : How to find the whole from the part
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Example Question #41 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
Last year, Alex could run a mile in 10 minutes. If Alex was able to reduce his mile time by 2 minutes this year, how many miles could he run in 24 minutes?
Given that Alex was previously able to run a mile in 10 minutes, if he improved his time by 2 minutes, that means he could run a mile in 8 minutes. If he had 24 minutes to run, he would be able to run 3 miles, as 24 divided by 8 is 3.
Example Question #42 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
Ariel bought 18 pieces of fruit. One third of the pieces of fruit she bought were apples. One half of the apples were bruised. How many bruised apples were there?
If one third of the fruit that Ariel bought were apples, she bought 6 apples because 6 is one third of 18, the total pieces of fruit that she bought.
If one half of the 6 apples were bruised, this means that 3 of the apples were bruised.
Example Question #43 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
How many times can the fraction 
This problem can be solved using mental math. In the number 6, we can find the amount of thirds contained within it by multipling 6 and 3, which gives us 18.
If there are 18 values of 
Example Question #44 : How To Find The Whole From The Part
A store bought a statue for 
Given that 
A customer bought the statue for 
Example Question #106 : Whole And Part
If you know that male students make up 
You can set up a ratio for this problem in fraction form.
The 
Your ratio would be,
and you can cross multiple.
This would give you 
To solve for 
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