Area
A rectangular garden is 4 feet long and 1/2 foot wide. What is the area of the garden in square feet?
1/2 x 4 = 2
What is 1/3 x 4
4/3 OR 1 1/3
A toy box is 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. What is the volume of the toy box?
24
Four friends share 8 cookies equally. How many cookies does each friend get?
2 cookies
Write 3/4 as a division equation.
3 divided by 4 = 3/4
A rectangular bulletin board is 6 feet long and 2/3 foot tall. What is the area of the bulletin board?
6 x 2/3 = 4
Each batch of muffins requires 2/3 cup of milk. How much milk is needed for 3 batches?
2 cups
An aquarium is 6 feet long, 2 feet wide, and 4 foot tall. What is the volume of the aquarium?
48 cubic units
Three children equally share 1 whole sandwich. What fraction of the sandwich does each child receive?
1/3
What fraction represents 5 divided by 8?
5/8
A rectangular rug is 7 feet long and 3/4 foot wide. What is the area of the rug? Write your answer as a mixed number if needed.
7 x 3/4 = 21/4 or 5 1/4
A ribbon is 5/6 yard long. How much ribbon is needed for 4 identical projects?
20/6 = 10/3 or 3 1/3
A rectangular storage container is 5 feet long, 3/4 foot wide, and 4 feet tall. What is its volume?
15 feet cubed
Five students equally share 3 pizzas. What fraction of a pizza does each student get?
3/5 of a pizza
Write a fraction to represent 7 brownies shared equally among 4 students. How much does each student receive?
7 divided by 4 = 7/4 or 1 1/3
A rectangular flower bed is 9 yards long and 5/6 yard wide. How many square yards of space does the flower bed cover? Simplify your answer.
9 x 5/6 = 45/6 = 15/2 = 7 1/2
A hiker walks 2 1/4 miles each day for 5 days. How many miles does the hiker walk in all?
11 1/4
A rectangular planter is 8 feet long, 3 foot wide, and 8 foot tall. How many cubic feet of soil can it hold when filled completely?
72 cubic feet
Seven friends share 4 identical granola bars equally. How much granola bar does each friend receive?
4/7
A student writes 9/5 = 9 divided by 5. Is the student correct? Explain what the quotient means.
Yes.
A rectangular art canvas is 12 feet long and 1 2/3 feet wide. What is the area of the canvas in square feet? Show how you multiply using the mixed number.
12 x 1 2/3 = 12 x 5/3 = 60/3 = 20
A recipe uses 3/4 cup of flour per batch. You make 6 batches but only have 4 cups of flour. Do you have enough? Explain.
6 x 3/4 = 18/4 or 4 1/2
You are short by 1/2 of a cup
What is Ms. Patnode's favorite football team?
Florida Gators OR Chicago Bears
Three students equally share 5 1/2 feet of string. How much string does each student receive?
11/2 divided by 3 = 11/6 or 1 5/6
Eight students share 5 liters of juice equally. Write a division equation and a fraction to represent how much juice each student receives. Explain why the fraction makes sense.
5 divided by 8 = 5/8