Tuff Math
2/5 of the students in Miss Johns' class ride the bus to school. If there are 25 students in the class, how many ride the bus?
10 students
3/8 x 5/6
5/16
(1/3)÷(1/8)
2 and 2/3 OR 8/3
What is the reciprocal of 1/67?
67
(2&1/4)÷(1&3/5)
1&13/32
The city of Denver has a Wildflower Trail that is 2&3/8 miles long. The city plans to extend the trail 2&1/2 times its current length. How long will the trail be now?
5&5/16 miles
You are going to a birthday party. You order 6 pints of ice cream for the party. If you serve 3/4 of a pint to each guest, how many guests can be served?
8 guests
At the end of the night, a pizza place had 3/4 of a pizza left over. The 2 employees each took home the same amount of leftover pizza. How much pizza did each employee take home?
3/8 of pizza
You have 9 cups of birdseed. You use 2/3 cup of birdseed each day. How many days will your birdseed last?
13-1/2 days
How many 1/2 cup servings are in a 5 and 1/2 cup bottle of Prime?
11 servings
A model for a proposed computer chip measures 5/8 inch by 1/8 inches. Find its area.
5/64 inches squared
(1&2/5)÷(1&3/7)
49/50
Make a model showing 2 and 3/4 gallons of paint. Then if one room needs 3/4 a gallon of paint, how many full rooms could be painted?
3 full rooms (3 and 2/3 mathematically)
What is the reciprocal of 8?
1/8
(1/6)÷(1/5)
5/6
Ben found a recipe that calls for 3/4 cup of chopped apples. If he wants to make 1/2 of the recipe, how many cups of chopped apples should he use?
3/8 of a cup
How many 3/4 cup servings are in a 12 cup bottle of Gatorade?
16
(3/7)÷(6/14)
1
Make a model showing 2/5 of a candy bar. Then show that candy bar being shared by three people. How much does one person get?
2/15
A carpenter has a board that is 3/5 yd wide. He cuts the board into 5 pieces. If all the pieces are the same width, how wide is each piece?
3/25 yards
Mr. Jeremy has 4 and 2/3 yards of material for a new scarf. Each scarf that he makes requires 1 and 1/6 yards of material. How many new scarves will he be able to make with this material?
4 new scarves
Ms. Deb has 2&1/4 gallons of orange juice. It takes 3/4 of a gallon to fill one container. How many containers can she fill?
3 containers
You have a 4/5 quart bottle of pineapple juice. How many 4/25 quart pitchers can you fill?
5 pitchers
1/7 x 14
2
Ms. Ellen is making a doghouse for her new puppy, an adorable greyhound. She has one piece of wood that is 6/7 of a yard long. She needs to cut it into 6 equal pieces. How long should she cut each piece?
1/7 of each yard