Dividing Fractions
3/4 divided by 1/2
1 1/2
1/2 x 3/4
3/8
How many inches are in 3 feet?
36 inches
A number that has a whole number part and a fraction part is a:
Mixed number
A garden bed is 5/6 meters long and 3/4 meters wide. What is its area?
5/8 meters squared
5/6 divided by 2/3
1 1/4
2/3 x 5/6. Simplify.
5/9
Convert 2.5 kilometers to meters
2500 meters
A ____ is a number that represents part of a whole
Fraction
You have 1 1/2 liters of juice. If each serving is 3/8 liter, how many servings can you pour?
4 servings
You have 3/5 of a pizza. If each person gets 1/10 of that pizza, how many people can you serve?
6 people
2 1/4 x 4/5
1 4/5
A marathon is 26.2 miles. How many kilometers is that (1 mile ≈ 1.609 km)? Round to the nearest kilometer
approx. 42 kilometers
_________ are numbers that are easy to divide or multiply mentally
compatible numbers
A recipe calls for 6 cups of broth. How many quarts is that?
1.5 quarts
2 divided by 2/3
3
A recipe calls for 3/5 cup of sugar. If you make half the recipe, how much sugar do you need?
3/10
Convert 3.75 hours into minutes and seconds
3 hours, 45 minutes
Problems that can be done in any order (multiplication or addition) and those that must be done in a certain order (subtraction or division)
Commutative numbers, non-commutative numbers
A baker uses 2/3 cup of flour for each batch. If she makes 1 1/2 batches, how much flour does she use?
1 cup
A rope is 9/10 meters long. If each piece is 3/20 meters, how many pieces can be cut?
6 pieces
If a rectangle has a length of 7/8 ft and a width of 2/3 ft, what is its area?
7/12ft^2
If a car travels 60 miles per hour, how many feet does it travel in one second? (1 mile = 5280 ft)
88 feet/sec
The product of a fraction and its _____ will always equal one
reciprocal
A car travels 90 kilometers in 1.5 hours. What is its speed in meters per second? Round to the nearest meter.
17 meters/second