Lesson 8.6 (scaling fractions)
Which expression has a product that is equal to 5/8?
A)5/8 x 8/8
B) 5/8 x 1/8
C) 5/8 x 8/3
D) 5/8 x 8/1
A) 5/8 x 8/8
1 1/3 x 1 3/4
2 1/3
Ms. Walsh peeled 5 5/8 pounds of potatoes. She used 1/5 of the potatoes to make fries. How many pounds of potatoes did Ms. Walsh use to make fries?
1 1/8
What is the area of the rectangle with a length of 2/3 and width of 2/5?
4/15
Which expression has a product that is equal to 4/9?
A) 4/9 x 1/9
B) 4/9 x 4/9
C) 4/9 X 9/4
D) 4/9 X 9/9
D) 4/9 x 9/9
2 1/4 x 3 1/2
7 7/8
Miguel spends 3 1/2 hours working outside. He spends 3/4 of the time working in the garden. How much time does he spend working in the garden?
3/4 x 7/2 =2 5/8
What is the area of a rectangular rug with side lengths 2½ feet and 1½ feet?
3 3/4 sq ft
Mr. Diaz is 50 years old. Ms. Lowe is 4/5 as old as Mr. Diaz. Who is younger, Mr. Diaz or Ms. Lowe?
Ms. Lowe is younger because 4/5 is less than 1, so 4/5 x 50 will give me an answer less than 50.
Of the 10 dancers at the international dance competition, 3/5 of them are from Asia.How many dancers are from Asia?
6 dancers
Michael has a piece of wood that is 2 feet long. He needs a second piece of wood that is 1½ times as long as the first piece. How long is the second piece of wood?
3 3/8
A closet measures 6 1/4 feet by 3½ feet. How much carpeting is needed to cover the floor of the closet?
21 7/8 sq ft
Select all the expressions that have a value less than 9,721.
A) 3/4 x 9,721
B) 4/3 X 9,721
C) 2/3 X 9,721
D) 1 3/4 X 9,721
E)3 X 9,721
F) 3/2 X 9,721
A and C
A speckled padloper turtle weighs 5/16 pound. A pygmy mouse lemur has a weighs 2/5 the weight of the speckled padloper turtle. What is the weight of the pygmy mouse lemur?
1/8 pound
The distance from the campground to the lake is 6 3/4 miles. If Anya has hiked 2/3 of the way trom the campground to the lake. How far is she from the lake?
2 1/4
A closet floor measures 2 1/2 feet by 5½ feet. What is the area of the closet floor?
13 3/4 square ft
Carmen measured the weight of two rocks she found. Rock A weighed 4/9 pound. Rock B was 9 times heavier than rock A. What is true about the weight of rock B that Carmen found?
A)It weighed less than 4/9 pounds.
B)It weighed less than 9 pounds.
C)It weighed more than 9 pounds.
D)It weighed more than 9 4/9 pounds.
B) It weighed less than 9 pounds
At the beach, Mae fills 6 buckets with sand. She uses 2/3 of the sand in the buckets to make a sand castle.
How many buckets of sand does Mae use to build the sand castle?
4 buckets
6 3/8 x 1 1/6
7 7/16
The dimension of a cell phone screen is 5 3/4 in by 2 1/2 in, what is the area of the cellphone screen?
14 3/8