Miscellaneous
Your mom is torn between making pumpkin pie or apple pie this year. She needs 3 cans of pumpkin ($2.50 each) or 6 apples ($1 each).
Which is less expensive?
Apple pie
If you take 5 slices, what fraction of the whole pie do you have?
5/9
Each serving of mac and cheese is 3/4 of a kilogram. If you take 1/4 of a serving, how much do you have?
__________ kg
3/16 of a kg
Count the number of people who like sweet potatoes: _____ Count the number of people who like mashed potatoes: _____ Write a ratio of sweet potatoes to mashed potatoes: ________________
Answers will vary
Example 2 sweet potato to 3 mashed potato
A slice of turkey weighs 4/5 of a pound. A slice of ham weighs 3/5 of a pound. Which weighs less?
Ham
It costs $4 to buy 1 dozen eggs. You can also buy each egg individually for $0.40. If you need 8 eggs, which is the better deal?
Individual
Your mom makes gravy the day before Thanksgiving, but your brother gets into it! She made 2/3 cup, but he ate 1/12 cup. How much is left?
7/12
Your neighbor has 3/5 oz of cranberry sauce. If you took 1/4 of their cranberry sauce, how much did you take?
3/20 oz
How many girls at the table like mashed potatoes: _______
How many boys at the table like mashed potatoes: _______
Write a ratio of girls who like mashed potatoes to the total number of boys and girls at the table
It takes 8/15 of an hour to bake pumpkin pie. It takes 4/5 of an hour to bake cherry pie.
Which one takes longer to bake?
Cherry pie
Your sister bought 2 dozen eggs and 3 cans of green beans. If each can of green beans cost $3 and she spent $33 total, how much does EACH egg cost?
$1
Your mom asks your grandmother to bring more gravy. However, some of it spills in the car. She originally had 3/4 cup, but when she gets to your house, she only has 5/8 of a cup. How much spilled?
1/8 cup
Each slice of pecan pie is 1/6 of the whole pie.
If you took 1/3 of your neighbor’s slice of pecan pie, what fraction of the WHOLE pie would you have?
1/18
If your mom need 3 cups of flour for 2 pie crusts and she makes 4 pies, how many eggs does she need?
6
Your mom divides a ham into 32 even slices. If you took 4 slices, what PERCENT of the whole ham did you take?
12.5%
Individually, each roll costs $0.80. A package of 8 rolls costs $6.
How much does 1 roll cost in the package? ______
If you need 8 rolls, which is the better deal? _______
The package of rolls is a better deal
($6 vs $6.40)
A turkey's feathers weigh 1/20 of an oz each. If it originally had 18 feathers and lost 2, how many oz did it lose?
16/20 oz (4/5 oz)
The WHOLE pot of gravy is 1/2 of a quart.
The pot can be divided into 24 servings.
If you took 3 servings, how many quarts do you have?
3/48
You are making all the pies for your family. It takes you 2 hours to knead the dough. The dough contained (1/6) kilograms of flour. How long will it take you to knead 5/6 kilogram of flour? Solve using unit rates.
10 hours
Each slice of pumpkin pie is 1/8 of the whole pie.
Each slice of cherry pie is 1/10 of the whole pie.
If you take 2 slices of each, which pie did you get more of?
Pumpkin pie
According to the food label on a bag of marshmallows, each bag has 16 servings and each serving contains 4 marshmallows. The weight of the box of marshmallows is 1/2 kilograms. What is the weight of each marshmallow?
Each cookie weighs 1/128 kg.
Each serving of turkey is 1/5 kg.
Each serving of ham is 1/6 kg.
If you got 2 servings of each, how many kg TOTAL of ham and turkey would you have?
22/30 kg
Your dad is making a HUGE amount of pie crusts. He has 9 pounds of dough. Each pie is made from 1/8 pounds of dough. How many pies can he make?
72 pies
The bakery is having a sale where you can buy 24 pies for $48. How much would it cost to buy 10 pies if the sale still applied?
$20
Your sister is super smart and she just came home from college. She says that whoever can solve this question can take her slice of pie:
(2/3)^4
16/81