Word Problems
Emma is baking cookies and needs to measure out ingredients. She uses 1/2 cup of sugar for each batch of cookies. If Emma makes 3 batches of cookies, how much sugar does she use in total?
What is 1 and 1/2 cups of sugar
Improper Fraction 3/2
Answer: 2/3
Question: What is equation that would go with is answer?
what is 1/3 X 2
1/2 X 4
2
On Monday a team of street sweepers cleaned 1/6 of a city block. Tuesday, the team cleaned 3 times as many blocks as on Monday. How many city blocks did the street sweepers clean on Tuesday?
What is 1/2 the city blocks.
Improper Fraction :3/6
Answer:3/4
Question: What is equation that would go with is answer?
What is 1/4 X 3
1/3 X 9
what is 3
Felix and Devra each made a bowl of punch. Devra used 8 times as much lemonade as Felix did. If Felix used 1/2 of a cup of lemonade, how many cups of lemonade did Devra use?
What is 4 cups
Improper Fraction : 8/4
Answer: 5/6
Question: What is equation that would go with is answer?
What is 1/6 X 5
1/4 X 16
What is 4
Yanni is putting fertilizer around trees. She uses 1/3 gallon of fertilizer for each tree. There are 3 trees. How much fertilizer does she use? Find an addition equation and a multiplication equation to model how much fertilizer she uses.
What is 1 pound
1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 3/3 = 1
1/3 x 3 = 3/3 = 1
Answer:1 and 1/2
Question: What is equation that would go with is answer?
What is 1/2 X 3
1/5 X 25
What is 5
Fonsi is placing square tiles that are 1/4 yard long to make a path. He places 6 tiles end to end. Use multiplication to find how long the path is.
What is 4 1/2 ( 4 2/4 ) cups
1/4 x 6 = 6/4
Improper Fraction: 6/4
Answer:2 1/5
Question: What is equation that would go with is answer?
What is 1/5 X 11
1/6 X 36
What is 6