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3/4 of 1/2

3/8

100

one-half the sum of one-half and one-third

1/2 x (1/2 + 1/3)

100

How many quarts are in a gallon?

1 gallon = 4 quarts

100

6/8 gallons = ___gal ____qt_____pt

___0__gal____3____qt___0___pt

100

Jill collected 19 gallons of honey. if she distributes all of the honey equally between 7 jars, how much honey will be in each jar? Write the equation & solve. 

19 divided by 7= 2 and 5/7 gallons

200

6 divided by 1/4

24

200

Two and one-third times the sum of nine and twelve

2 1/3  x (9+12)

200

How many pints are in a quart?

1 quart = 2 pints

200

2 1/8 gallons = ___gal___qt___pt

__2___gal___0____qt____1___pt

200

Jill's mom used 1/4 of a gallon of honey to bake 3 loaves of bread. If she used an equal amount of honey in each loaf, how much honey did she use for one loaf? Write equation & solve.

1/4 divided by 3 = 1/12 of a gallon of honey

300

1.2 divided by 0.3

4

300

twelve divided by the difference between 1 1/2   and 3/4

12 divided by (1 1/2 - 3/4)

300

SOLVE 7 divided by 2. Answer in decimal form. 

3.5

300

2  5/8 gallons= ___gal____qt____pt

___2___gal___2____qt___1___pt

300

Jill uses some of her honey to make lotion. If each bottle of lotion requires 1/4 gallon, and she uses a total of 3 gallons, how many bottles of lotion does she make? Write an equation and solve. 

3 divided by 1/4 = 12 bottles of lotion

400

1.5 x 34

51

400

WRITE THE EQUATION : Carly and Ramil share 7 yards of ribbon equally. How much ribbon will each get?

7 divided by 2

400
Which equation could also be solved by using 1/2 x 7?


7 divided by 2 OR 7 divided by 1/2

7 divided by 2

400

1  4/8 gallons= ____gal___qt___pt

__1gal____2___qt___0___pt

400

Jill's mom stored some honey in a container that held 3/4 of a gallon. She used half of this amount to sweeten tea. How much honey. in cups, was used in the tea? Write an equation and solve.

1/2 x 3/4 = 3/8 gallon. 

3/8 x 16 = 48/8= 6 cups

500

102.4 divided by 1.6

64

500

WRITE THE EQUATION: It takes half of a yard of ribbon to make a bow. How many bows can be made with 7 yards of ribbon. 

7 divided by 1/2

500

Carly claims that multiplication always makes a number bigger. He gave the following examples: If I take 6 and multiply it by 4, I get 24, which is bigger than 6. If I take 1/4 and multiply it by 2 (whole number), I get 1/2 which is bigger than 1/4. Is he correct? Explain.

NO because if I multiply 6 by 1/2, I get 3 which is less than 6. 

500

Find the total number of gallons. 6/8 + 1  4/8 + 2 1/8 +  2  5/8 =

13  1/8 gallons OR  13 gallons and 1 pint

500

Jill has 2  5/7 gallons of honey. If she uses 3/5 of a jar of honey for baking. How much honey did she use baking?

1  22/35 gallons of honey for baking

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