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Letter reciprocal One of two numbers whose

product is 1. For example, 3_5 and 5_3 are
reciprocals.

Dear Family,
Throughout the next few weeks, our math class will
be learning about multiplying and dividing fractions.
We will also be learning how to estimate products and
quotients of fractions.
You can expect to see homework with real-world
problems that involve these operations.
Here is a sample of how your child was taught to divide
two mixed numbers.

Divide mixed numbers.

Divide. 2 2_7 ÷ 2 2_3

STEP 1
Tips
Write the mixed numbers as fractions. 2 2_7 ÷ 2 2_3 = 16
__ ÷ 8_
7 3 Checking for Reasonable
Answers
STEP 2
When the divisor is less than 1,
Use the reciprocal of the divisor to
the quotient is greater than the
write a multiplication problem. = __
16
7
× 3_8 dividend. When the divisor is
greater than 1, the quotient is
STEP 3
2 less than the dividend.
Simplify. __ × 3_
= 16
7 8
1
STEP 4

Multiply. = 6_7
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Activity
Find an object in your home, such as a ribbon, that can easily be cut into four
equal pieces by folding it upon itself. Measure the object to the nearest eighth
of an inch. Work together to predict the length of each of the four pieces after
the object is cut. Check your prediction by measuring the length of one of the
four equal pieces.

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 Carta
2
Capítulo

para la casa
recíproco Uno o dos números cuyos
productos dan como resultado 1. Por
ejemplo 3_5 y 5_3 son recíprocos.

Querida familia,
Durante las próximas semanas, en la clase de matemáticas
aprenderemos a multiplicar y dividir fracciones. También
aprenderemos a estimar productos y cocientes de
fracciones.
Llevaré a la casa tareas con problemas del mundo real que
involucren estas operaciones.
Este es un ejemplo de la manera como aprenderemos a
dividir dos números mixtos.

Dividir números mixtos.

Divide. 2 2_7 ÷ 2 _23

PASO 1
Pistas
Escribe los números mixtos como fracciones. __
22 ÷ __
22 = __
16
÷ _
8
7 3 7 3 Comprobar la respuestas sea
razonable
PASO 2
Cuando el divisor es menor que
Usa los recíprocos del divisor para escribir un
1, el cociente es mayor que el
problema de multiplicación. = 16
___ × 3
__
dividendo. Cuando el divisor es
7 8
mayor que 1, el cociente es menor
PASO 3 que el dividendo.
2
Simplifica. = 16
___ × 3
__
7 81

PASO 4

Multiplica. =6
__
7

Actividad
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Encuentre un objeto en su hogar, como un listón, que pueda ser fácilmente cortado
en pedazos al doblarlo. Mida el objeto al octavo de pulgada más cercano. Trabajen
juntos para predecir la longitud de cada una de los cuatro pedazos después de que el
objeto haya sido cortado. Comprueben su predicción al medir la longitud de uno de
los cuatro pedazos iguales.

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 Lesson 2.1
Name
Fractions and Decimals COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].6C
Apply and extend previous understandings of
numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Write as a fraction or as a mixed number in simplest form.
1. 0.52 2. 0.02 3. 4.8 4. 6.025

0.52 5 __
52
100
5
____
52 4 4
5_
13
100 4 4
___ 25 ___ ___ ___

Write as a decimal. Tell whether the decimal terminates or repeats.

5. 17
__
25
6. 7_9 7. 4 13
__ 8
8. 7 __
20 11

___ ___ ___ ___

Identify a decimal and a fraction or mixed number in simplest form for

each point.

A B C D

0 0.5 1 1.5 2

9. Point A 10. Point D 11. Point C 12. Point B

___ ___ ___ ___

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
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13. Grace sold 5_ of her stamp collection. What is this 14. What if you scored a 0.80 on a test? What fraction
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amount as a decimal? of the test, in simplest form, did you answer
correctly?

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1. After a storm, Michael measured 6 7_8 inches of 2. A recipe calls for 3.75 cups of flour. What is this
snow. What is this amount as a decimal? amount as a mixed number in simplest form?

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3. Gina bought 2.3 pounds of red apples and 4. Ken has 4.66 pounds of walnuts, 2.1 pounds
2.42 pounds of green apples. They were on sale of cashews, and 8 pounds of peanuts. He
for $0.75 a pound. How much did the apples mixes them together and divides them equally
cost altogether? among 18 bags. How many pounds of nuts are
in each bag?

5. Mia needs to separate 450 pens into 18 packs. 6. Evan buys 19 tubes of watercolor paint for
Each pack will have the same number of pens. $50.35. What is the cost of each tube of paint? © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
How many pens should be put in each pack?

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 Lesson 2.2
Name
Compare and Order Fractions and Decimals COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].6C
Apply and extend previous understandings of
numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Write ,, ., or 5.

1. 0.64 < 7
__
10
2. 0.48 6
__
15
3. 0.75 7
_
8
4. 7 1_
8
7.025

0.64 , 0.7

Order from least to greatest.

7 , 0.75, 5
5. __ _ 6. 0.5, 0.41, 3_ 7. 3.25, 3 2_, 3 3_ 8. 0.9, 8_, 0.86
12 6 5 5 8 9

___ ___ ___ ___

Order from greatest to least.

9. 0.7, 7_, 7_ 10. 0.2, 0.19, 3_ 1 , 6.1, 6.07

11. 6 __ 12. 2 1_, 2.4, 2.35, 2 1_
9 8 5 20 2 8

___ ___ ___ ___

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
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13. One day it snowed 3 3_8 inches in Altoona and 14. Malia and John each bought 2 pounds of
3.45 inches in Bethlehem. Which city received sunflower seeds. Each ate some seeds. Malia has
less snow that day? 1 1_3 pounds left, and John has 1 2_5 pounds left. Who
ate more sunflower seeds?

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1. Andrea has 3 7_8 yards of purple ribbon, 3.7 yards 2. Nassim completed 18 __ of the math homework.
25
of pink ribbon, and 3 4_5 yards of blue ribbon. List Kara completed 0.7 of it. Debbie completed 5_8
the numbers in order from least to greatest. of it. List the numbers in order from greatest to
least.

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3. Tyler bought 3 __
7
16 pounds of oranges. Write this 4. At the factory, a baseball card is placed in every
amount using a decimal. 9th package of cereal. A football card is placed
in every 25th package of the cereal. What is the
first package that gets both a baseball card and
a football card?

5. $15.30 is divided among 15 students. How 6. Carrie buys 4.16 pounds of apples for $5.20.
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 Lesson 2.3
Name
Multiply Fractions COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].4
Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers
and find common factors and multiples.
Find the product. Write it in simplest form.

1. _45× 7_ =
8
28
__ 2. 3 × 1_6
3
3. _59 × _4 4. _47 × 1_2 5. _18 × 20
40
7
= __
10 __ __ __ __

6. _45 × 3_ 7. _67 × 7_ 8. 11_ × 1_ 1 × 28

9. __
14
10. _34 × 1_3 × 2_5
8 9 8 9

__ __ __ __ __

11. Karen raked 3_5 of the yard. Minni raked 1_3 of the 12. 3_8 of the pets in the pet show are dogs. 2_3 of the
amount Karen raked. How much of the yard did dogs have long hair. What fraction of the pets are
Minni rake? dogs with long hair?

Evaluate using the order of operations.

13. 1_ + 3_ × 8 14. 3_4 × 1 − 1_ 3

15. 4 × 1_ × __ 2 × 2_
16. 6 × 4_ + __
(2 8 ) ( 9 ) 8 10 5 10( 3 )

__ __ __ __
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Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

17. Jason ran 5_7 of the distance around the school 18. A group of students attend a math club. Half
track. Sara ran 4_ of Jason’s distance. What of the students are boys and 4_ of the boys have
5 9
fraction of the total distance around the track did brown eyes. What fraction of the group are boys
Sara run? with brown eyes?

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Lesson Check ([Link].4)
1. Veronica’s mom left 3_4 of a cake on the table. Her 2. One lap around the school track is 5_8 mile.
brothers ate 1_2 of it. What fraction of the cake did Carin ran 3 1_2 laps. How far did she run?
they eat?

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__
5 pounds of peanuts and
3. Tom bought 2 16 4. Eve has 24 stamps each valued at $24.75. What
2.45 pounds of cashews. Which did he buy is the total value of her stamps?
more of? Explain.

5. Naomi went on a 6.5-mile hike. In the morning, 6. A bookstore owner has 48 science fiction books
she hiked 1.75 miles, rested, and then hiked and 30 mysteries he wants to sell quickly. He
2.4 more miles. She completed the hike in the will make discount packages with one type
afternoon. How much farther did she hike in of book in each. He wants the most books
the morning than in the afternoon? possible in each package, but all packages must
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packages can he make? How many packages of
each type of book does he have?

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 Lesson 2.4
Name
Simplify Factors COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].4
Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers
and find common factors and multiples.
Find the product. Simplify before multiplying.
2
5
1. 8_9 × __
____
8×5 2. _34 × 16 15 × 2_ 9 × 2_
12 = 3. __ 4. __
__
9 × 12 21 20 5 18 3
3

= __
10
27
__ __ __

9 × __
5. __ 5 6. _34 × __
7 25 × 1_
7. __ 8 × 15
8. __ __
10 27 30 26 5 15 32

__ __ __ __

12 × 7
9. __ _ 1 × 5_
10. __ 18 × 8_
11. __ 12. _27 × 21
__
21 9 15 8 22 9 32

__ __ __ __

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
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13. Amber has a 4_5 -pound bag of colored sand. She 14. Tyler has 3_4 month to write a book report. He
uses 1_2 of the bag for an art project. How much finished the report in 2_3 that time. How much
sand does she use for the project? time did it take Tyler to write the report?

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Lesson Check ([Link].4)
Find each product. Simplify before multiplying.
1. At Susie’s school, 5_8 of all students play sports. 2. A box of popcorn weighs 15__ pounds. The box
16
Of the students who play sports, 2_5 play soccer. contains 1_3 buttered popcorn and 2_3 cheesy
What fraction of the students in Susie’s school popcorn. How much does the cheesy popcorn
play soccer? weigh?

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3. Ramòn bought a dozen ears of corn for $1.80. 4. A 1.8-ounce jar of cinnamon costs $4.05. What
What was the cost of each ear of corn? is the cost per ounce?

5. Rose bought __7

20 kilogram of ginger candy and 6. Don walked 3 3_5 miles on Friday, 3.7 miles on
0.4 kilogram of cinnamon candy. Which did she Saturday, and 3 5_8 miles on Sunday. List the
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 Lesson 2.5
Name
Model Fraction Division COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.
Use the model to find the quotient.
1 4 3 5_
1. _
1 1 4_
2. _
2
5 __
4 12 2 12

0 2 4 6 8 10 1
12 12 12 12 12

Use fraction strips to find the quotient.

3. _5 4_1 4. _
24 4 5. _
14 6 14_
6. _
1
6 2 3 2 3 12

__ __ __ __

Use a number line to find the quotient.

7. How many __ 1 pint servings of pecans are in 8. If Jerry runs __

1
12 10 mile each day, how many days
5_ pint of pecans? will it take for him to run 4_5 mile?
6

_______ _______

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
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9. Mrs. Jennings has 4_3 gallon of paint for an art __

1
10. If one jar of glue weighs 12 pound, how
project. She plans to divide the paint equally into many jars can Rickie get from 3_2 pound
jars. If she puts 8_1 gallon of paint into each jar, how of glue?
many jars will she use?

_______ _______

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Lesson Check ([Link].1)
Sketch a model to find the quotient.
1. Darcy needs 1_4 yard of fabric to make a banner. __ pounds of ground beef. He
2. Lorenzo bought 15
16
She has 2 yards of fabric. How many banners wants to make hamburgers that weigh __
3
16 pound
can she make? each. How many hamburgers can he make?

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3. Every night Letisha reads 22 pages. At that rate, 4. A principal wants to order enough notebooks
how long will it take her to read a book with for 624 students. The notebooks come in boxes
300 pages? of 28. How many boxes should he order?

5. Each block in Ton’s neighborhood is 3_8 mile 6. In Cathy’s garden, 5_6 of the area is planted with
long. If he walks 4 1_2 blocks, how far does flowers. Of the flowers, __ 3
10 of them are red. What
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he walk? fraction of Cathy’s garden is planted with red

flowers?

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 Lesson 2.6
Name
Estimate Quotients COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.
Estimate using compatible numbers.

3 ÷ 3__
1. 12__ 9 2. 153_ ÷ 1_ 3. 221_ ÷ 15_
16 10 8 2 5 6
↓ ↓
12 4 4 5 3
___ ___

4. 77_ ÷ 4_7 5. 181_4 ÷ 24_ 7 ÷ 8 8_

6. 62__
9 5 10 9

___ ___ ___

11 ÷ 1
7. __ _ 8. 243_4 ÷ 1_ 15 ÷ 1_
9. __
12 5 2 16 7

___ ___ ___

10. 147_ ÷ __
5 7 ÷ 8 11
11. 53__ __ 12. 11_ ÷ 1_
8 11 12 12 6 9

___ ___ ___

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

13. Estimate the number of pieces Sharon will 14. Estimate the number of 1_2 quart containers Ethan
have if she divides 15 1_3 yards of fabric into can fill from a container with 8 7_8 quarts of water.
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4 4_5 yard lengths.

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1. Each loaf of pumpkin bread calls for 1 3_4 cups of 2. Perry’s goal is to run 2 1_4 miles each day. One lap
raisins. About how many loaves can be made around the school track is 1_3 mile. About how
from 10 cups of raisins? many laps must he run to reach his goal?

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3. A recipe calls for 3_4 teaspoon of red pepper. Uri 4. A recipe calls for 2 2_3 cups of apple slices. Zoe
wants to use 1_3 of that amount. How much red wants to use 1 1_2 times this amount. How many
pepper should he use? cups of apples should Zoe use?

5. Edgar has 2.8 meters of rope. If he cuts it into 6. Kami has 7 liters of water to fill water bottles
7 equal parts, how long will each piece be? that each hold 2.8 liters. How many bottles © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
can she fill?

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 Lesson 2.7
Name
Divide Fractions COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.

Estimate. Then write the quotient in simplest form.

1. 5 ÷ 1_6 2. 1_2 ÷ 1_4 3. 4_5 ÷ 2_3 4. 14

__ ÷ 7
15

Estimate: 30
=5×6 _
30 1
= 1
___

= 30 __ __ __
7 5 3
5. _25 ÷ __
10 6. _59 ÷ _7 7. 4 ÷ 4_5 8. 1 ÷ _4

__ __ __ __
5
9. 8 ÷ 1_3 12 ÷ 2_
10. __
21 3
11. _56 ÷ __
12 12. _58 ÷ 1_2

__ __ __ __

13. Joy ate 1_4 of a pizza. If she divides the rest of the 14. Hideko has 3_5 yard of ribbon to tie on balloons
pizza into pieces equal to 1_8 pizza for her family, for the festival. Each balloon will need __
3
10 yard of
how many pieces will her family get? ribbon. How many balloons can Hideko tie with
ribbon?
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Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

15. Rick knows that 1 cup of glue weighs 16. Mrs. Jennings had 5_7 gallon of paint. She gave
__
1 2_ 1_ gallon each to some students. How many
18 pound. He has 3 pound of glue. How 7
many cups of glue does he have? students received paint if Mrs. Jennings gave
away all the paint?

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1. There was 2_3 of a pizza for 6 friends to share 2. Rashad needs 2_3 pound of wax to make
equally. What fraction of the pizza did each a candle. How many candles can he make
person get? with 6 pounds of wax?

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3. Jeremy had 3_4 of a submarine sandwich and gave 4. Ebony walked at a rate of 3 1_2 miles per hour for
his friend 1_3 of it. What fraction of the sandwich 1 1_3 hours. How far did she walk?
did the friend receive?

5. Penny uses 3_4 yard of fabric for each pillow she 6. During track practice, Chris ran 2.5 laps in
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6 yards of fabric?

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 Lesson 2.8
Name
Model Mixed Number Division COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.

Use the model to find the quotient.

9
1. 4 2_1 ÷ 2_1 = _ 2. 3 3_1 ÷ 6_1 = _

Use pattern blocks to find the quotient. Then draw the model.

3. 2 2_1 ÷ 6_1 = _ 4. 1 2_1 ÷ 2_1 = _

Draw a model to solve.

5. 2 4_3 ÷ 2 = _ 6. 3 3_1 ÷ 3 = _
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Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

7. Marty has 2 4_5 quarts of juice. He pours the same 8. How many 1_3 pound servings are in
amount of juice into 2 bottles. How much does 4 2_3 pounds of cheese?
he pour into each bottle?

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Lesson Check ([Link].1)
Sketch a model to find the quotient.
1. Emma has 4 1_2 pounds of birdseed. She wants 2. A box of crackers weighs 11 1_4 ounces. Kaden
to divide it evenly among 3 bird feeders. How estimates that one serving is 3_4 ounce. How
much birdseed should she put in each? many servings are in the box?

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3. The Ecology Club has volunteered to clean 4. Tyrone has $8.06. How many bagels can he buy
up 4.8 kilometers of highway. The members if each bagel costs $0.65?
are organized into 16 teams. Each team will
clean the same amount of highway. How much
highway will each team clean?

5. A nail is 0.1875 inches thick. What is its 6. Maria wants to find the product of 5 __
3 __
4
20 × 3 25
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she rewrite the problem using decimals?

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 Lesson 2.9
Name
Divide Mixed Numbers COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.
Estimate. Then write the quotient in simplest form.
1. 21_ ÷ 21_ 2. 22_ ÷ 11_ 3. 2 ÷ 35_
2 3 3 3 8
Estimate: 2 4 2 5 1
_ 5 5_ 47_
_ 4 21
21
2 3 3 2
5 3
5_2
3 _
7
15 1
5 __
15
or 1__ ____ ____
14
4. 113
__ ÷ 12
_ 5. 10 ÷ 62_ 6. 23_ ÷ 1__
1 7. 21_ ÷ 2
15 5 3 5 25 5

__ __ __ __

8. Sid and Jill hiked 4 1_8 miles in the morning 9. Kim has 2 1_2 cups of peaches. How many
and 1 7_8 miles in the afternoon. How many 1_ cup servings can she make?
4
times as far did they hike in the morning
as in the afternoon?

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving
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10. It takes Nim 2 2_3 hours to weave a basket. He 11. A tree grows 1 3_4 feet per year. How long will it
worked Monday through Friday, 8 hours a day. take the tree to grow from a height of 21 1_4 feet to a
How many baskets did he make? height of 37 feet?

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1. Tom has a can of paint that covers 37 1_2 square 2. A baker wants to put 3 3_4 pounds of apples in
meters. Each board on the fence has an area each pie she makes. She purchased 52 1_2 pounds
of __
3
16 square meters. How many boards can he of apples. How many pies can she make?
paint?

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3. The three sides of a triangle measure 4. Selena bought 5.62 pounds of meat for
9.97 meters, 10.1 meters, and 0.53 meter. $3.49 per pound. What was the total cost of
What is the distance around the triangle? the meat?

5. Melanie prepared 7 1_2 tablespoons of a spice 6. Arturo mixed together 1.24 pounds of pretzels,
mixture. She uses 1_4 tablespoon to make a batch 0.78 pounds of nuts, 0.3 pounds of candy, and
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batches of barbecue sauce she can make using bags that each contained 0.27 pounds. How
the spice mixture. many bags could he fill?

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Name
Lesson 2.10
Problem Solving • Fraction Operations
COMMON CORE STANDARD—[Link].1
Apply and extend previous understandings of
multiplication and division to divide fractions
by fractions.

Read each problem and solve.

1. 2_3 of a pizza was left over. A group of friends divided 2 pizza

3
the leftover pizza into pieces each equal to __ 1
18 of the
original pizza. After each friend took one piece, 1_6 of
the leftover pizza remained. How many friends were
in the group?

taken left

____ 9

2. Sarah’s craft project uses pieces of yarn that are

1_ yard long. She has a piece of yarn that is 3 yards long.
8
How many 1_8 -yard pieces can she cut and still have 11_4
yards left?
____

3. Alex opens a 1-pint container of orange butter. He

spreads __ 1
16 of the butter on his bread. Then he divides
the rest of the butter into 3_4 -pint containers. How
many 3_4 -pint containers is he able to fill?
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____

4. Kaitlin buys __
9 1_
10 pound of orange slices. She eats 3 of
them and divides the rest equally into 3 bags. How
much is in each bag?
____

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1. Eva wanted to fill bags with 3_4 pounds of trail 2. John has a roll containing 24 2_3 feet of wrapping
mix. She started with 11 3_8 pounds but ate paper. He wants to divide it into 11 pieces. First,
1_ pound before she started filling the bags. How though, he must cut off 5_6 foot because it was
8
many bags could she fill? torn. How long will each piece be?

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3. Alexis has 32 2_5 ounces of beads. How many 4. Joseph has $32.40. He wants to buy several
necklaces can she make if each uses 2 __7
10 ounces comic books that each cost $2.70. How many
of beads? comic books can he buy?

5. A rectangle is 2 4_5 meters wide and 3 1_2 meters 6. A rectangle is 2.8 meters wide and 3.5 meters
long. What is its area? long. What is its area?
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