Dividing with Variables
Dividing
Solve the Equation
Story Problems
Hodgepodge
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This is x ➗ 4/5 when x= 2/3.
What is 5/6?
100
this is 1/6 ➗ 3/5
What is 5/18
100
This is the value of m if 1 and 3/8 + m = 5 and 1/2
What is m = 4 and 1/8
100
Tracy cut a 4-yard piece of fabric into pieces 2/3 of a yard long. How many pieces did she get?
What is 6 pieces?
100
This is the easiest way to get back half my missed points on a test.
What is test corrections?!?
200
This is 14 ➗ x when x=2/3
What is 21?
200
This is 7/15 ➗ 5/7
What is 49/75
200
This is the value of b if b x 7/9 = 2 and 5/8
What is b = 3 and 3/8
200
Rose divided two cups of dog food among her three dogs. How much dog food did each dog get?
What is 2/3 of a cup?
200
This is what I call the fraction that has its denominator and numerator switched.
What is the reciprocal
300
This is 4/9 ➗ x when x=2/3
What is 2/3?
300
This is 1 and 7/8 ➗ 3
What is 5/8
300
This is the value of p if p - 8 and 9/10 = 4 and 3/5
What is p = 13 and 1/2
300
Tracy has a 12 and 3/4 yard length of rope. Write and solve an equation to find the number of 3/4 yard pieces she can cut.
What is 12 3/4 ➗ 3/4 = n n= 17
300
Instead of dividing by a fraction, what I really want to do is this:
What is multiply by the reciprocal?
400
This is x ➗ 8 when x=2/3
What is 1/12
400
This is 3 ➗ 6/7
What is 3 and 1/2
400
This is the value of x when x ➗ 4 = 3/16
What is 3/4
400
How many times would you need to fill a 1/4 cup measuring cup to measure out 2 1/2 cups of flour?
What is 10?
400
This is what I call the operation that is the opposite of another, and can undo it.
What is the inverse operation?
500
How many 1/8 pound packages of mint can Sam make from 3/4 pounds of mint?
What is 6 packages?
500
This is 5 and 1/4 ➗ 1 and 1/6
What is 4 and 1/2
500
This is the value of m when m ➗ 1/4 = 3
What is m = 6/8 (or 3/4)
500
The drill bits in a case are arranged in this order: 1/8 in, 3/16 in, 1/4 in, 5/16in, etc. If the pattern continues, what will be the size of the next drill bit? Explain how you found your answer.
What is 3/8 because the pattern is increasing by 1/16 each time, so the next one would be 6/16 or 3/8.
500
This is what I have to do with mixed numbers before I can divide them.
What is turn them into improper fractions?
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