Word Problems
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
Write 4/28 in simplest form.
1/7
Write 2 2/5 as an improper fraction.
12/5
Mrs. Brody has 2 and 1/4 gallons of orange juice. It takes 3/4 of a gallon to fill one container. How many containers can she fill?
3
convert 6/4 to a proper fraction in simplest form
1 1/2
What are the steps to changing an improper fraction to a mixed number?
1. Figure out how many times the denominator will fit into the numerator. This is how many wholes you have. 2. Figure out how many you have left over. This is the fraction part of the mixed number.
Ms. Davlin has 4 and 2/3 yards of material for a new feather boa. Each boa that he makes requires 1 and 1/6 yards of material. How many new boas will he be able to make with this material?
4
What does it mean to put a fraction in simplest form?
When the only number that can be divided evenly into the numerator and denominator is 1.
Change 17/8 to a mixed number.
2 1/8
Ms. K 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?
6/7 divided by 6 is equal to 1/7 of a yard each.
simplify this fraction: 25/45
5/9
Change 28/12 into a mixed number. Don't forget to simplify if you need to.
2 1/3
Order these fractions from greatest to least: 2/4, 8/10, 3/12
8/10, 2/4, 3/12
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?
3/4 divided by 2 is equal to 3/8 of the pizza.
18/25
Convert 78/12 to a mixed number in simplest terms
6 1/2
Find the GCF of 45, 60, 180. Then, find the LCM of 35 & 75
GCF = 15
LCM= 525