Fractions
Select all fractions that are greater than 1/2:
2/5, 8/15, 12/5, 300/500, 99/200
8/15, 12/5, 300/500
A rectangular prism has dimensions of 8 cm by 9 cm by 10 cm. What is its volume? You must include correct units.
720 cubic cm
Jada made 5 cups of blueberry jam and divided the jam equally among 3 containers. How much jam went in each container? Express your answer as an improper fraction OR a mixed number.
5/3 cup of jam per container (or 1 and 2/3 cups)
What is 1/4 divided by 1/8? Explain or show your reasoning.
2 (1/8 is half of 1/4)
Noah has 5 meters of rope. How many pieces of 1/4 meter length rope can he cut from it?
20
Order these numbers from least to greatest:
0, 1, 1/5, 7/8, 49/50, 21/40, 1/15
0, 1/15, 1/5, 21/40, 7/8, 49/50, 1
Tyler used 1 and half gallons of paint to paint 3/4 of a fence. What volume of paint (in gallons) will it take to paint the whole fence? Explain your reasoning.
2 gallons
A recipe for cookies calls for 2/3 of a cup of sugar per batch. Elena used 2 cups of sugar to make multiple batches of cookies. How many batches did she make?
3 batches
What is 9 divided by 1/3? Explain or show your reasoning.
27
Jada has read 4/5 of a book. She has read 80 pages so far. How many pages are in the whole book?
100 pages
5/6 x 10/11 = ?
50/66
Clare is painting some doors that are all the same size. She used 2 and a half liters of paint to cover one and a half doors. What volume of paint (in liters) is needed for 1 door? Draw a diagram to represent the situation, then find the answer.
1 and 2/3 liters of paint are needed for one door
Lin lines the bottom of a baking pan with aluminum foil. The area of the rectangular piece of foil is 13 and a half square inches. Its length is 4 and a half inches. What is the width of the foil?
3 inches
What is 15 divided by 3/4? Explain or show your reasoning.
20
Priya is stacking building blocks to make a tower. She takes a break when the tower is 2 and a half feet tall, which is 5/7 of the height of the tower she wants to build. How tall is the tower when finished?
3 and a half feet tall
9/4 + 2/3 = ?
35/12
How many 1/4 inch cubes does it take to fill a box with width 2 and a half inches, length 3 inches, and height one and a half inches?
45 1/4 inch cubes
Lin uses a rectangular prism shaped baking pan that has a length of 10 inches, a width of 16/5 inches, and a height of 7/2 inches. What is the volume of this pan?
112 cubic inches
What is 1/5 divided by 1/4? Explain or show your reasoning.
4/5
Andre says that 3 divided by 2/3 is 4 and 1/3 because there are 4 groups of 2/3 and 1/3 left. Do you agree with Andre? Explain your reasoning.
No, since there is 1/3 left over and 1/3 is half of 2/3 then the answer should be 4 and a half.
9/5 - 2/3
17/15
How many 1/8 inch cubes does it take to fill a box with width 2 and a half inches, length 3 and a half inches, and height one and a half inches?
105 1/8 inch cubes
Jada has 5 bottles that each contain 1/2 liter of milk. She wants to make ice cream with a recipe that calls for 3 liters of milk. How many more half liter bottles does she need to buy?
Jada needs one more half liter bottle of milk.
Write a division expression that represents the question: how many 5/8's are in 7/4?
7/4 divided by 5/8
Mai biked 6 and a half miles today, and Noah biked 4 and a half miles. How many times the length of Noah’s bike ride was Mai’s bike ride?
Mai's bike ride was 13/9 as long as Noah's.