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Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers
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Divide, Simplify or Leave Alone
100
Peaches are sold in bags that are each 24 pounds. If we have to fill 5 baskets with equal amounts of peaches, how many will be in each basket?
4 4/5
100
What is 23/21 as a mixed number?
1 2/21
100
Write a word problem to show the fraction 4/5 as a division problem.
Answers Will Vary
100
29/6
Divide
200
Jack has 8 bottles of water that he wants to split equally between himself and 3 of his friends. What fraction of the water bottles will each person get?
2
200
What is 14/8 as a mixed number?
1 3/4
200
Write a word problem to show 20/6 as a division problem.
3 1/3
200
6/8
Simplify
300
Amy picked 240 apples and split them into 80 bags. Each bag contains 240/80 apples. If you change the fraction to division problem and solve, what does your answer represent? What is the answer?
The amount of apples in each bag. 3
300
What is 7/4 as a mixed number?
1 3/4
300
A teacher has 3 candy bars to give to his 6 friends as gifts. Express this as a fraction.
1/2
300
7/10
Leave Alone
400
If you and your two friends have 6 crayons each and 18 crayons total, what fraction of the total crayons do you each have?
1/3
400
What is 36/8 as a mixed number?
4 1/2
400
You and your 2 friends have 5 pieces of pizza left. If you each get an equal amount, how many pieces of pizza will each of you get? Express this as a fraction or mixed number.
2 2/3
400
17/4
Divide
500
Cody pours 16 ounces of juice into 3 glasses. Express this as a mixed number.
5 1/3
500
What is 420/70 as a mixed number?
6
500
Write the division problem 2รท3 as a fraction.
2/3
500
29/42
Leave Alone