John made 1/4 of a pound of fudge and Mary made 1/3 of a pound of fudge. Ricky takes the sum of the two amounts of fudge and divides it into three equal portions, planning to keep one portion for himself. How much fudge does Ricky keep?

Subtract 8 1/6 - 4 5/6 . simplify the answer and write as a mixed number.

Saline iv fluid bags cost $64.20 for 24, 1000 ml bags from one supplier. a new supplier sells 500 ml bags for $2 each. the hospital uses about 10,000, 1000 ml bags each month. nurses report that about half of the bags are more than half full when they are discarded. if you are going to use only one supplier, which size bag provides the best deal, and how much will you save each month? compare the cost of the new supplier to the current one.

Janie has $3. she earns $1.20 for each chore she does and can do fractions of chores. she wants to earn enough money to buy a cd for $13.50. write an inequality to determine the number of chores, c, janie could do to have enough money to buy the cd.