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Write two fractions that are equivalent to 2/3.
Multiple correct answers- Possible answers may include:
4/6
10/15
12/18
6/9
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Use a benchmark fraction to compare the fractions 7/10 and 5/12. Explain how you found your answer.
You could compare both fractions to the benchmark 1/2. 7/10 is greater than 1/2 but 5/12 is less than 1/2 so 7/10 > 5/12.
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5 x 2/12 = ??
10/12 or 5/6
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A volleyball camp has places for 100 campers. So far, 40 of the places are filled. Write both a fraction and a decimal in both hundredths and tenths to show how many spots are filled.
40/100
0.40 or 0.4
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The price of peaches is $1.80 for each pound. Frank buys 3 1/2 pounds of peaches. How much does Frank pay for the peaches? Show your work.
180 cents x 3 = 540 cents
Price for 1/2 pound: half of 180 cents is 90 cents
90 + 540 = 630 cents = $6.30
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A grasshopper weighs 2/100 of an ounce. A beetle weighs 8/10 of an ounce. Which weighs more and why?
Beetle because you have to convert 8/10 to 100ths which would equal 80/100, which is greater than 2/100
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Miss White makes a fruit smoothie. She uses 2/8 of a pound of strawberries and 4/8 of a pound of blueberries. How many pounds of fruit does she use?
2/8 + 4/8 = 6/8 or 3/4
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Miss Stearns spends 5/6 of an hour reading each day for 3 days. How long does Miss Stearns spend reading?
3 x 5/6 = 15/6 = 2 3/6 or 2 1/2
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1) Write a decimal equivalent to 3/10.
2) What decimal is equivalent to 6/100?
1) 0.3
2) 0.06
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Michael has three $5.00 bills. He buys a soda for $1.75 and a basketball for $12.50. How much money does Michael have left?
Three $5.00 bills = $15
12.50 + 1.75 = $14.25
15.00 - 14.25 = $0.75
300
In art class, Luke spends 2/6 of the time drawing and 3/6 of the time painting. He spends the rest of the time working with clay. What fraction of art class time does Luke spend working with clay?
1/6
2/6 + 3/6 = 5/6
6/6 - 5/6 = 1/6
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Monica rides her bike 3 1/4 miles on Monday. She rides 2 2/4 miles on Tuesday. How much farther does Monica ride on Monday than on Tuesday?
3 1/4 - 2 2/4 =
2 5/4 - 2 2/4 = 0 3/4 = 3/4 miles
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Miss White jogs to the park. She has six tenths of a mile left to jog. Write an equivalent fraction to show how far Miss White has left to jog in hundredths of a mile.
6/10 x 10 = 60/100
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What decimal is equivalent 14/100?
0.14
300
Jessica is making punch. She mixes 132 fluid ounces of juice and 15 cups of sparkling water. How many 6-ounce glasses can she fill with punch?
15 x 8 = 120 ounces
120 + 132 = 252 ounces
252 / 6 = 42 glasses
400
Markers come in boxes of 8. For an art project, one group of students uses 1 5/8 boxes of markers and another group uses 1 6/8 boxes of markers. How many boxes of markers do the two groups use altogether? Don't forget to simplify if it's top heavy!
1 5/8 + 1 6/8 = 2 11/8 = 3 3/8
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1) What is the difference in length between the longest animal footprint and the shortest?
2) How many footprints measured less than 1 inch?
1) 2 - 1/4 = 1 4/4 - 0 1/4 = 1 3/4 inches
2) 6 footprints
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Jared, Consuela, and Reggie have an ant farm. Jared collected 25/100 of the ants for the ant farm. Consuela collected 6/10 of the ants. What fraction of the ants did Jared and Consuela collect altogether?
25/100 + 6/10 =
25/100 + 60/100 = 85/100
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Which fractions and decimals are equivalent?
A) 3/10 and 0.3
B) 7/100 and 0.70
C) 6/10 and 0.6
D) 9/100 and 0.09
E) 8/10 and 8.10
C) 6/10 and 0.6
D) 9/100 and 0.09
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Mary has a board that is 7 feet long. She cuts off 1/4 of a foot of the board to make an even edge. Then, Mary cuts the remaining board into 3 pieces that are the same length. How long in feet is each piece?
Each piece is 9/4 or 2 1/4 feet long
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Miss Stearns needs 3/12 of a cup of rice. She only has a 1/4-cup measuring cup, a 1/3 cup measuring cup, and a 1/2-cup measuring cup. Which should she use and why?
1/4 cup because 3/12 is equivalent to 1/4 if you divide the top and bottom by 3
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1) The line plot shows 3 animals with a footprint that measures 3/4 inches. What is the total length, in inches, of the all of the footprints that measure 3/4 inches?
2)What is the combined distance of the three shortest footprints?
1) 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 = 9/4 = 2 1/4
2) 1/4 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 1/4 + 2/4 + 2/4 = 5/4 =
1 1/4
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Noelle rides her bike 5/10 of a kilometer to the library. Then she rides another 22/100 of a kilometer to her friend's house. How far does Noelle ride her bike in all?
50/100 + 22/100 = 72/100
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1) Mika runs the 50-yard dash in 7.39 seconds. Felix runs it in 7.6 seconds. Who runs faster?
2) Which statement and reasoning is true about the decimals 0.45 and 0.5?
A) 0.45 < 0.5 because hundredths are greater than tenths.
B) 0.45 < 0.5 because 45/100 < 50/100
C) 0.45 > 0.5 because 45 > 5
D) 0.45 > 0.5 because hundredths are greater than tenths.
1) 7.39 7.6 > 7.39 Felix
7.60
2) B- 0.45 < 0.5 because 45/100 < 50/100.
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Tony is making potato salad for a school picnic. He needs a total of 3 kilograms of potatoes. He has a 1.5 kilogram bag and an 850 gram bag. How many more grams of potatoes does Tony need?
Tony needs 650 more grams of potatoes.