Fractions as Division
Ms. Magoon made 3 cakes for 15 people to split. How much cake would each person get?
3/15 cake
If you multiplied 2 by 1/2, will your product be less than, greater than, or equal to 2?
LESS THAN
6/8 x 2
12/8 OR 1 4/8
Ms. Rucker has 4/5 cups of water to water her 3 plants. How much water will each plant get?
4/15 cup
Favorite food
pizza and/or chocolate chip cookies
25/6 pound OR 4 1/6 pound
If you multiplied 6 by 6, will your product be less than, greater than, or equal to 6?
GREATER THAN
Ms. Clymore is hosting a dog party and putting together doggy goodie bags of treats. There are 5 dogs coming and she wants each bag to weigh 2/3 of a pound. How many total pounds of dog treats does she need to buy?
10/3 or 3 1/3
Ms. Imhulse has 3/4 of cake leftover from her party. She wanted to share it between her and her 2 best friends. How much would each person get?
3/12 cake
Favorite fast food
Chickfila
Mrs. Smith has 5 cookies left. She wants to split them equally among her 6 children. What fraction would represent how much they would receive?
5/6
If you multiplied 9 by 2/2, would your product be less than, greater than, or equal to 9?
EQUAL TO 9
Mr. Asher orders 8 fruit baskets. Each basket weight 5/6 of a pound. How many pounds do the fruit baskets weigh in all?
40/6 pounds OR 6 4/6
A baker is making cookies. He has 12 pounds of dough. Each cookie is made from 1/8 pound of dough. How many cookies can he make?
96 cookies
Favorite color
blue
Which fractions are represented by the correct division problem? Select TWO.
A. 1/4 = 4 divided by 1
B. 2/6 = 6 divided by 2
C. 5/9 = 5 divided by 9
D. 8/3 = 3 divided by 8
E. 13/6 = 13 divided by 6
C and E
If you multiplied 5 by 4/3, would you product be less than, greater than, or equal to 5?
GREATER THAN
Debbie is making guacamole for 16 people. The recipe says to use 2/3 of a pound of avocados for each person. How many pounds of avocados will she need?
32/3 pounds OR 10 2/3 pounds
Coach Pearch ordered 5 containers of soccer balls for the gym. Each soccer ball makes up 1/7 of the space in the container. Write an equation and solution that shows the total number of soccer balls that Coach Pearch ordered.
5 divided by 1/7 = 35
Favorite season
summer
Ms. Saunders buys 40 pounds of plotting soil. She pit an equal amount of potting soil into each of 9 flower pots. How many pounds of soil does Ms. Saunders put in each pot?
4 4/9 pounds
Ms. Sickle's brother told her that the product of 4 and 9/10 is less than 4. Is he correct? Explain why.
NO! Multiplying a whole number by a fraction less than 1 will result in a product less than the whole number.
Jesse is making 4 batches of salsa using tomatoes from her garden. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup crushed tomatoes for each batch. Write an equation to represent how Jesse can find out how many tomatoes she needs.
3/4 x 5 = 15/4 or 3 3/4
Sadie has 3 sets of pencils. In each set, 1 pencil is 1/6 of the pack. All of the packs are full. What is the total number of pencils that Sadie has in her 3 sets of pencil packs?
18 pencils in each pack
Favorite flower
hydrangea