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An expression is shown. 2/3 X 4 What is the value of the expression?
8/3 or 2 2/3
3/5 of the students in the class are wearing shorts. 1/3 of the shorts are the color tan. What fraction of the students are wearing tan shorts?
3/15 or 1/5
When you see the word "of" in a fraction word problem, it's giving you a hint to do what?
Multiply
Morris has 2 3/4 gallons of lemonade. He gives 4/5 of it to a friend. How many gallons of lemondade does Morris have left?
11/5 or 2 1/5 gallons **cross simplify
2 1/4 x 3 1/3
90/12, 15/2, or 7 1/2
An expression is shown 9 x 4/9 What is the value of the expression?
36/9 or 4 *cross simplify
On Gavin’s math test,3/8 of the questions are division problems. Of the division problems, 4/9 of the problems he got incorrect. What fraction of the division problems did Gavin get incorrect?
1/6 **cross simplify
In multiplication, what does the word "product" mean?
It means the answer of the two factors being multiplied.
Val has 3/4 gallon of milk. He gives 1/2 of it to a friend. How many gallons of milk does Val have left?
3/8 gallons
Ryan is making a poster board for his science fair project. The poster board is 1 2/3 feet long and 1 1/2 feet wide. What is the area of Ryan’s poster board, in square feet?
15/6, 2 3/6, or 2 1/2 square feet
Amaia likes to take her dog for walks. It is 3/5 mile around her neighborhood. If she walks her dog 8 times, how far did she walk?
24/5 or 4 4/5 miles
A coconut weighs 1/2 pound. A watermelon weighs 4 times as much. How much does the watermelon weigh?
4/2 of a pound or 2 pounds
When you multiply a given fraction by a factor greater than 1, the product will be _________ be less than 1.
a. never b. sometimes c. always
example (1/4 x 5)
B. Sometimes
Roger has 3 3/4 gallons of water in a jug. He pours 4/5 of the water into a new container. How many gallons of water does Roger have left in the jug?
3 gallons **cross simplify
Adrian is training for a race. He runs a loop around his neighborhood that is 2 1/4 miles.
He ran the loop 1 1/2 times. How far did Adrian run, in miles?
27/8 or 3 3/8
A basketball team played 27 games this season. They won 2/3 of their games. How many games did they win?
18 games *cross simplify
A cake recipe calls for 1/4 cup of cocoa powder. If you are making 5 cakes, how much cocoa powder do you need?
5/4 cups or 1 1/4 cups
When you multiply a given fraction by a factor less than 1, the product will ______ be greater than the given fraction.
a. never b. sometimes c. always
(example 2/3 x 1/4)
Joe and his three friends each ate 3/4 of a pizza for dinner. How much pizza did they all eat?
12/4 or 3 whole pizzas
Molly is sewing a rug for her doll house. The material she cut is 3 1/2 inches long and 2 3/4 inches wide. What is the area of Molly’s rug, in square inches?
77/8 or 9 5/8 square inches
There are 32 students in a class. 5/8 of the class takes the bus to school. How many students take the bus to school?
20 students **cross simplify
If a whole batch of cookies needs 4 cups of flour but you only want to make 1/3 of a batch, how many cups of flour will you need?
4/3 cups or 1 1/3 cups.
When you multiply a given fraction by a fraction equal to 1, the product will ______ be equal to the original fraction.
a. never b. sometimes c. always
(example: 1/4 x 3/3)
C always
A picture frame is 2/3 feet wide and 2 7/10 feet long. What is the total area of the picture frame?
54/30, 18/10, or 1 4/5 square feet
Marcy is training for a bike race. She bikes a path that is 5 1/5 miles long.
This week she biked the path 3 3/4 times. How far, in miles, did Marcy bike this week?
390/ 20, 78/4, 39/2, or 19 1/2 miles.