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Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number
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Fractions as Division
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A dime is 1/2 inch wide. If you put 5 dimes end to end, how long would they be from beginning to end?

What is 2 1/2 inches long?

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3/4 of a pan of brownies was sitting on the counter. You decided to eat 1/3 of the brownies in the pan. How much of the whole pan of brownies did you eat?
What is 1/4 of the pan?
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You have 1/4 of a pizza and you want to share it equally between 2 people. How much of the pizza does each person get?

1/8 of the pizza?

100

A book shelf is 3 feet long. Each book on the shelf is 1/8 inches wide. How many books will fit on the shelf?

24 books

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7 feet of ribbon is cut into 8 equal pieces. How long is each piece?

7/8 ft.

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You have 10 cookies and want to give 1/2 of them to a friend. How many do you give to your friend?
What is 5 cookies?
200
You have 2/3 of a pumpkin pie left over from Thanksgiving. You want to give 1/2 of it to your sister. How much of the whole pumpkin pie will this be?
What is 1/3?
200

I have 1/8 of a gallon of milk to share between 3 kids. What fraction of a gallon should each kid get?

1/24 gallon

200

A baker has 4 kilograms of flour. He needs a half kilogram for each batch of bread. How many batches of bread can he make?

8 batches

200

6 pounds of meat is being used to make 18 burgers. What is the weight of each burger?

6/18 = 1/3 pound

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You have 8 donuts and you want to give 1/4 of them to a friend. How many donuts would your friend get?
What is 2 donuts?
300

One of the cats in the neighborhood had six kittens all about the same size. If each of the new kittens weighed about 5 1/2 ounces, how much would all the new kittens weigh?

What is 33 ounces?

300

Ted has 1/4 cup of granola that he wants to spread equally on 3 dishes of yogurt. How much granola should he put on each one?

1/12 cup

300

A baker is making cakes for a big party. She uses 1/4 cup of oil for each cake. How many cakes can she make if she has a bottle of oil that has 6 cups in it?

24 cakes

300

Four friends are sharing 10 cookies equally. How many cookies will each friend get?

2 1/2 cookies

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Fiona bought a package of 60 cookies and she wants to give away 3/5 of them. How many cookies will she KEEP?

24 cookies

400

Max's box of Legos weighs 5 3/4 pounds. His brother's weighs 1/4 as much. How much does his brother's box of Legos weigh?

1 7/16 pounds

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I have 1/3 cup of flour to split between two batches of cookies. How much flour will I use per batch?

1/6 cup

400

Larry bought 4 pounds of candy to share with his friends. If he gave 1/4 pound to each of his friends, how many friends did he share his candy with?

16 friends?

400

8 baseball players are sharing 2 gallons of water. If they share it equally, how much water should each player get?

2/8 = 1/4 gallon of water per player

500

You have 36 donuts and you want to give 3/4 of them to a friend and keep the rest for yourself. How many donuts would your friend get?

27 donuts

500

Mr. Somers had twenty pieces of metal that were all the same length. If each piece of metal was 3 1/5 inches long and he put them side by side, what would be the total length of all the pieces together?

What is 64 inches?

500

I had 1/5 pound of chocolate that I split evenly between my 4 kids. How much chocolate did they each get?

1/20 pound

500

Mary has 7 feet of ribbon. She wants to make crafts that each use 1/4 ft of ribbon. How many crafts can she make?

28 crafts

500

8 baseball players are sharing 15 cups of trail mix. How much trail mix should each player get?

15/8 = 1 7/8 cups per player