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7/10 X 1/3
What is 7/30
100
4 divided by 1/2
What is 8?
100
2 1/8 renamed as an improper fraction
What is 17/8?
100

Jada and her 2 sisters equally share  a pan of macaroni and cheese.

  1. Draw a diagram to represent the situation.

  2. Explain how this expression represents the situation: 

  3. How much of the whole pan of macaroni and cheese will each person get?


b. 1/2 of the plan is divided into 3 equal pieces

c. 1/6


100

The container holds 1/2 gallon of water. It is 3/4 full. How many gallons of water are in the container?

3/8 gallon

3/4 x 1/2 = 3/8

200
1/2 X 2/3
What is 1/3?
200
3/8 divided by 2/8
What is 1 1/2?
200

3 1/2 X 3

What is 10 1/2

200

Mai has a strip of paper that is 3 feet long. She cuts it into 1/4 foot strips.

  1. How many  foot strips does Mai make? Explain or show your reasoning.

  2. Write a division equation to represent your answer

a. 12 because there are 12 1/4ths in 3

b. 3 divided by 1/12 = 12

200

The container has 1/2 gallon of water. 6 friends split the water equally. How many gallons of water does each friend get?

1/12

1/2 divided by 6 = 1/12

300
6/7 X 7/8
What is 3/4?
300

2/3 divided by 6

1/9

300

7 X 2 1/3

What is 16 1/2?

300

There are 4 liters of water. How many 1/2  liter bottles of water is that?

8

4 divided by 1/2 = 8

300

The container has 1 gallon of water. Each bottle holds 1/8 of a gallon. How many bottles of water does the container hold?

8 bottles

1 divided by 1/8 = 8

400
3/4 X 16
What is 12?
400
8/15 divided by 2/5
What is 1 1/3?
400

2 1/3 X 1 2/7

What is 3?

400

4 friends split 1/2 pound of dried fruit equally. How many pounds of fruit does each friend get?

1/8

1/2 divided by 4 = 1/8

400

3 ounces is  1/4 of the package of sunflower seeds. How many ounces of sunflower seeds are in the whole package? Explain or show your reasoning.

3 divided by 1/4

The tape diagram shows 3 ounces of sunflower seeds are 1/4 of 12 so there are 12 ounces in the whole package.


500
20 X 3/25
What is 2 2/5?
500
4/5 divided by 3/7
What is 1 13/15?
500

8 2/3 X 2 

What is 17 1/3?

500

Clare has 5 yards of ribbon. It takes 1/2 yard to make a bow. How many bows can Clare make with the ribbon? Write a multiplication and a division equation showing the solution.

5x2=10

5 divided by 1/2 = 10

500

A person drove 5 miles. That is 1/3 of the distance from their home to work. How far is it from the person’s home to work? Explain or show your reasoning.

5 divided by 1/3

It is 15 miles as the tape diagram shows that 5 is 1/3 of 15.