Peter has seven eights of a bag of bubblegum and five eights of a bag of gummy bears. How much candy does Peter have in total? Use the benchmark fraction one half, 1, and 0 to help you estimate each answer before you solve. A) one and four eighths bags of candy
B) two eighths bags of candy
C) eight twelfths bags of candy
D) one and two eighths bags of candy

Students are given 3 minutes for each multiple-choice question and 5 minutes for each free-response question on a test. there are 15 questions on the test, and students are given 51 minutes to take it.how many multiple-choice questions are on the test?

Michelle and julie work at a catering company. they need to bake 264 cookies for a birthday party that starts in a little over an hour and a half. each tube of cookie dough claims to make 36 cookies, but michelle eats about 1/5 of every tube and julie makes cookies that are 1.5 times as large as the recommended cookie size.it takes about 8 minutes to bake a container of cookies, but since julie's cookies are larger, they take 12 minutes to bake. a. how many tubes should each girl plan to bake? how long does each girl use the oven? b. explain your solution process what did you make? c. what assumptions did you make?

Acar started driving from city a to city b, distance between which is 620 miles, at a rate of 60 mph. two hours later a truck left city b and started moving towards city a at a rate of 40 mph. how many hours after the truck's departure will the two meet?