Word Problems
Ms. Hinkson purchased 4 pounds of chocolate and puts them into bags. Each bag holds 1/9 of a pound of chocolate. How many bags can she fill?
36/1 or 36 pounds
1 3/8 divided by 2/5
55/16 or 3 7/16
2 divided by 3/4
8/3 or 2 2/3
What is the area of a rectangle with the length of 5 1/2 and the width of 3/4?
33/8 --> 4 1/8
What is the volume of a cube with the side lengths of 2 1/2?
125/8 or 15 5/8
Ms. Ali has 5/8 gallons of paint. She wants to split it equally between 4 containers. How much paint will be in each container?
5/32
3 1/2 divided by 7/9
63/14 --> 4 7/14
6/9 divided by 3
6/27 --> 2/9
What is the area of a rectangle with the length of 5/8 and the width of 2 2/3?
5/3 or 1 2/3
What is the volume of a prism with a length of 5, a width of 3/4 and a height of 1 2/9?
300/36 --> 25/3 or 8 1/3
Mr. DePiano is fixing a swing set, he has a piece of rope that is 3 2/3 feet long. He wants to cut it into 1/6 foot pieces. How many 1/6 foot pieces can he make?
66/3 --> 22/1 or 22
4 2/6 divided by 2 3/4
104/66 --> 52/33 --> 1 19/33
7/10 divided by 4
7/40
What is the area of a rectangle with a height of 5/8 inches and a base of 4 inches?
5/2 or 2 1/2
What is the volume of a prism with a height of 2 3/4, a length of 6 and a width of 3 1/3?
660/12 --> 55/1
Ms. Jensen has 5 2/5 cups of juice. She plans on serving each person 2/3 cups of juice. What is the maximum number of people can she serve?
81/10 --> Maximum: 8 WHOLE people
8 4/5 divided by 5 2/10
440/260 --> 44/26 --> 22/13 or 1 9/13
11 divided by 6/8
88/6 --> 44/3 or 14 2/3
The area of a rectangle is 5/27 feet square. The base of the rectangle is 5/9 feet square. What is the height of the rectangle?
9/27 --> 1/3 ft
A shipping container in the shape of a rectangular prism has a base with an area of 35. The height of the container is 3 1/4 feet. What is the volume of the container?
455/4 --> 113 3/4
The ice cream shop has 6 2/3 gallons of ice cream left. If one serving is 3/9 of a gallon, how many servings do they have left?
180/9 --> 20/1 or 20 servings
9 1/7 divided by 6 4/7
64/46 --> 32/23
15 divided by 3/5
75/3 --> 25/1 or 25
A rectangular prism has a base area of 4 1/2 feet and a volume of 2 3/6 feet. What is the height of the prism?
30/54 --> 5/9
A box of Fruit Loops has dimensions of 1 1/2 inches, 4 inches, and 2 1/4 inches. A box of Frosted Flakes has dimensions of 3 inches, 1 2/3 inches and 1 2/8 inches. Which cereal box has a larger volume?
The volume of the Fruit Loops box is 108/8 or 13 1/2.
The volume of the Frosted Flakes box is 50/8 or 6 1/4.
Therefore the Fruit Loops box has the LARGER volume.