Meg has a 4-Kilogram bag of cherries. Sher wants to split them evenly onto 5 plates. What fraction of a kilogram of cherries will be on each plate?
4/5
How many 1/4 meter long strips of ribbon can be cut from a ribbon that is 7 meters long?
7/4= 1 3/4 ribbons
6 people equally share a 33-pound box of tomatoes by weight. How many pounds of tomatoes does each person get?
33/6= 5 1/2
Dad orders 6 large pizzas. Each pizza is cut into eighths. How many pieces of pizza are there in all?
6 x 8 = 48 pieces of pizza
Annabelle is baking pizzas. She has 2 cups of cheese to divide equally amount 3 pizzas. How many cups of cheese should Annabelle put on each pizza?
2/3
If a tortoise is timed traveling an average of 1/3 miles per hours, how long would it take the tortoise to travel 6 miles?
6 x 1/3 = 6/3 = 2 hours
Paul has a 6 meter length of rope. He needs to cut it into 12 equal pieces. Paul calculates that each piece will be 2 meters long. Is Paul correct? Explain your reasoning?
6/12 = 1/2
No the rope will be 1/2 a meter long.
A recipe for muffins uses 1/6 cup of sugar for each batch of muffins. How many batches of muffins can be made with 8 cups of flour?
8 x 1/6 = 8/6 = 1 2/6 = 1 1/3
Joe has 55 ounces of cheese. He puts 4 ounces of cheese on a plate and divides the remaining cheese equally into 6 boxed. What is the weight of cheese in each box
55/6 = 8 1/2
Ms. T is doubling a recipe to bring cookies to both of her classes. How much of each ingrident does she need? The old recipe is below:
1/3 cup of sugar
1 3/4 cups of chocholate chips
5/8 cup of flour
2 eggs
To double the recipe we will take each ingredient and times it by 2.
2/3 cups of sugar
3 1/2 cups of chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups of flour
4 eggs