Multiplying & Dividing Fractions Word Problems
You have 5 cups of birdseed. You use 3/5 cup of birdseed each day. How many days will your birdseed last?
What is 8 days
Identify the variable and write an equation
Georgia wants to go to the skating rink with her friends. If the tickets cost $12 and they all spent a total of $72, how many people p went skating?
What is let p equal the number of people went skating.
12p = 72
The quotient of a number and 5
What is x ÷ 5
4p = 36
What is p = 9
18/24 ∙ 8/10
How wide is a floor made from 36 boards that are each 3 7/8 inches wide?
What is 139 1/2 inches wide
Identify the variable and write an equation:
Bill wants to split up his remaining Halloween candy, c, so that his 7 friends get 4 pieces each. How much candy must Bill have?
What is:
let c represent the number of pieces of candy Bill has.
c ÷ 7 = 4 or c ÷ 4 = 7
14 less than x is 22
x - 14 = 22
n + 8 - 3 = 20
What is n = 15
6/11 ÷ 8/33
What is 2 1/4
The length of a rectangular parking lot at the airport is 2/3 mile. If the area is 1/2 square mile, what is the width of the parking lot?
What is 3/4 mile
Identify the variable and write an equation
Tricia went to the library with b books and returned 5 but took out 2. If Tricia has a total of 8 books out, how many did she start with?
What is
let b represent the number of books Tricia started with
b - 5 + 2 = 8
The product of 9 and a number is no more than 27
9x ≤ 27
b - 7.31 = 14.2
1 3/5 ∙ 60
What is 96
Billy spent 4 1/5 hours on his homework. If he spent 1/3 of his homework on math, how much time did he spend on math? (your answer should be written as a mixed number)
What is 1 2/5 hours on math
Blaine is going bowling and will need to pay $4 for shoes and then $3 for every game. Write an equation for the situation if g represents the games played and c represents the total cost.
What is let g represent the number of games played and let c represent the total cost in dollars
c = 3g + 4
4 times the quantity of a number plus 10 equals 80
What is 4(x + 10) = 80
x ÷ 4.2 = 12
What is x = 50.4
(2 1/2)3
Anna put 12 5/6 pounds of electrical supplies into crates. Each crate held 1 5/6 pounds of supplies. How many crates did she use?
What is 7 crates
Bethany bought s sweaters for $25.50 each. She had a coupon for $50 off her total. Write an equation to represent the situation if t represents the total she will pay.
Let s represent the number of sweaters Bethany bought and let t represent the total cost in dollars
25.50s - 50 = t
16 reduced by triple a number is smaller than 22
What is 16 - 3x < 22
2 4/7 ∙ v = 9
What is v = 3 1/2
3 2/5 ÷ 7 2/7
What is 119/255 or 7/15