Solve the following word problems. 7. Sameer ate \frac{5}{8} of a chocolate cake. Leena ate \frac{1}{3} of the chocolate cake. What fraction of the whole cake did both of them eat? 8. Sita had a piece of red ribbon \(3\frac{9}{10}\) metres long. She used \(2\frac{5}{6}\) metres of it to tie some gifts. What was the length of ribbon left? 9. A snail is at the bottom of a well. In the first 5 minutes it climbs \(24\frac{3}{14}\) cm and in the next 5 minutes it climbs another \(18\frac{6}{7}\) cm. How far is the snail from the bottom of the well after first 10 minutes? 10. Mrs Kapoor had a jug full of milk. Jai drinks \frac{1}{7} of the milk from the jug and Kiran drinks \frac{2}{3} of the milk from the jug. How much milk is left in the jug? 11. Ram Kumar mixes cement with sand for some repair work to be carried out in his house. He used \(3\frac{5}{6}\) kg of cement and \(1\frac{1}{2}\) kg more of sand than cement. In all, he needs 10 kg of the mixture. Does he have enough mixture? If yes, how much more does he have? If no, how much more does he need?
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