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After a big storm, Mr. Bloop noticed that a lot of the sand from his volleyball pit had been blown away. He drove his pickup truck down to the local garden supply yard and purchased 3 truckloads of sand to add to the pit. His truck could carry 600 pounds of sand each time. The sand cost $110 per ton. Originally, it took 18 pickup truck loads to fill the pit. What fraction of the sand had been blown away by the storm?
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Analysis by the marketing department of the local minor league baseball team showed that for every fan who bought a hotdog at the ball park, about half that many people bought a bag of popcorn. So far this year, 36,604 people have been to the ballpark, and 5/8 of them bought hotdogs. Based on this information, about how many fans bought popcorn?
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Shelby is training hard during the off-season to become a better pitcher. She spends 9 hours a week pitching, 3 hours a week running, and 2 hours a week lifting weights. What fraction of her training time is spent on pitching?
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The Megalopolis soccer team won 10 games and lost 26 this year. What fraction of their games did they win?
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Devin has a challenging training regimen. He trains for two hours every other day. Out of these two hours he jogs for 11 minutes, stretches for 6 minutes, sprints for 3 minutes, rides a bicycle for 15 minutes, and lifts weights for 38 minutes. The rest of the time he is resting. What fraction of his training time is spent resting?
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