Multiply
1/2 x 1/6
Use a model
1/12
1/4 ÷ 7
7/4 or 1 3/4
A prison needs to be guarded 24 hours a day. Five guards split the guard duty equally. How many hours will each guard be on duty?
4 4/5 hours
Write this out with an equivalent expression:
One-fourth the sum of one half and one third
1/4 x (1/2+ 1/3)
Plot these on a number line:
1 1/2, .5, 3/4, 2
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3/4 of 4/5
12/20 or 6/10 or 3/5
1.4 ÷ 0.4
3.5
Milo and Missy share 7 yards of ribbon equally. How much ribbon will each get? Write a division sentence and draw a model.
7/2 or 3 1/2 yards
A prison needs to be guarded all day. If each of the guards will be guarding for 4.8 hours, how many minutes will they be guarding?
288 minutes
Draw a model:
6 divided by 3/4
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1.5 x 6
Use a model
9
4 ÷ 1/5
Use a model
20
Marci claims that multiplication always makes a bigger number? Is this true? Use words or pictures to explain.
No!
Write this as an equivalent fraction:
12 ÷ (1 1/2 - 3/4)
twelve divided by the difference between 1 1/2 and 3/4
Lena ate 3/4 of a pizza. Her brother ate 1/2 of what Lena ate.
Question: What fraction of the whole pizza did her brother eat?
3/8
12.3 x 2/3
8 2/10
6/10 ÷ 1/3
Use a model
1 8/10 or 1 4/5 or 18/10
If Alana has 15 pounds of jam, and wants to distribute it between 8 jars. How many pounds will be in each jar?
15/8 or 1 7/8
What was the first video game?
Pong
A hiking trail is 4/5 of a mile long. Ben hikes 3/4 of the trail.
Question: How many miles did Ben hike?
12/20 or 6/10 or 3/5
two fifths of seven ninths
14/45
twenty four divided by three fourths
32
2 3/4
How many hours in a day? How many minutes in an hour? How many minutes in a day?
12, 60, 720
At a birthday party, Marcus poured 1/2 gallon of juice into cups. Each cup holds 1/8 of a gallon. Marcus wants to make sure every guest gets the same amount of juice.
Question: How many cups of juice can he fill from the half-gallon?
4 cups