Jamar has a 8 ft. long wooden board that he needs to cut for his treehouse. If each piece is 5/6 of a foot long, what is the greatest number of pieces that he is able to use?
What is 9 pieces.
100
2/3 divided by 1/2
What is 4/3 or 1 1/3
100
4/5 times 4
What is 3 1/5.
100
To multiply two fractions together you follow this process
What is multiply the tops together and multiply the bottoms together
200
1/6 X 2/5
What is 2/30 or 1/15
200
At summer camp, the duration of field hockey game is 3/4 hours. The counselors have set aside 6 hrs for games to be played. How many games can be played in that time?
What is 8 games.
200
4/9 divided by 2/3
What is 2/3.
200
3/8 divided by 2
What is 3/16.
200
To change from a mixed number to an improper fraction you would follow this process.
What is Multiply the bottom number time the whole number and then add the top number to that. Put your answer over the old bottom number
300
5/6 X 2/3
What is 10/18 or 5/9
300
JJ is spending 3/4 of his allowance at the mall. Of the money spent at the mall, 1/2 is spent on new earphones. What part of his allowance did he spend on earphone?
What is 3/8 of his money.
300
1/4 divided by 2/7
What is 1/14
300
5 times 1/3
What is 1 2/3.
300
To change 4 into a fraction you would follow this process.
What is put a one below the 4
400
2/3 X 3/13
What is 6/39 or 2/13
400
AJ is organizing his movie collection. He discovers that 5/8 of his movies are action movies. If he has 46 movies, about how many are action movies?
What is about 30 movies.
400
4/7 divided by 6/7
What is 28/42 or 4/6 or 2/3
400
4 divided by 3/8
What is 10 2/3.
400
To divide fractions you follow this process
What is keep the first fraction, change the sign to multiply, flip the second fraction over.
500
5/6 X 3/5
What is 15/ 30 or 1/2
500
A bag contains 50 pieces of candy. If 2/5 of the pieces are red, how many pieces are NOT red?
What is 30 pieces.
500
7/8 divided by 1/3
What is 21/8 or 2 5/8
500
18 divided by 1/4
What is 72.
500
The process you follow to change an improper fraction into a mixed number is this.
What is see how many times the bottom number will go into the top number. (that is your whole number) Then put the remainder over the original bottom number to make a fraction.