The school cafeteria has 68.75 pounds of ground meat to make hamburgers. They used 16 2/5 pounds to make hamburgers on Monday. If they make hamburgers three more times and use the same amount each time, how many pounds of ground would they left for Friday
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Word Problem Practice Ch 2 Part 1 ANSWER KEY Period:
Which operation do you use to solve the problem?
How do you set up your expression?
Once you have a plan, work it out and see if your answer makes sense.
HAMBURGERS - How many 1/4-pound hamburgers can you make from 3 1/2 pounds of
ground beef?
DIVIDE – 3 ½ ÷ ¼ = 14 hamburgers
Tour Bus - You reserve 2/5 of the seats on a tour bus. You are able to fill 5/8 of the seats
you reserve. What fraction of the seats on the bus are you able to fill?
MULTIPLY – 2/5 X 5/8 = ¼ of the seats
Jewelry - In a jewelry store, rings make up 5/9 of the inventory. Earrings make up 4/15 of
the inventory. How many times greater is the ring inventory than the earring inventory?
DIVIDE – 5/9 ÷ 4/15 = 2 1/12 times greater
Geometry - A rectangle has a length of 5 2/3 inches and a width of 3 1/4 inches. What is the
area of the rectangle?
MULTIPLY – 5 2/3 X 3 ¼ = 18 5/12 square inches
BOOKS - How many 1 3/5-inch-thick books can fit on a 14 1/2-inch-long bookshelf?
DIVIDE – 14 ½ ÷ 1 2/5 = 9 1/6 so, 9 books will fit on the bookshelf
Running - At a road race, you have 60 3/4 feet available for a water station. Your tables are
6 3/4 feet long. How many tables can you line up for the water station?
DIVIDE – 60 ¾ ÷ 6 ¾ = 9 tables
Sand - Five pounds of sand are put into containers. How many containers are needed if
1 1/4 pound of sand are put into each one?
DIVIDE – 5 ÷ 1 ¼ = 4 containers
Work - John is paid 8 3/4 dollars for each hour he works. He worked 2 2/3 hours. How much
should he be paid?
MULTIPLY – 8 ¾ X 2 2/3 = 23 1/3 dollars or $23.33
Ice Cream Parlor - 5/8 of the ice cream sold at the Ice Cream Parlor has chocolate in it. 2/7
of the ice cream sold has fruit in it. How many times more ice cream has chocolate than has
fruit?
DIVIDE – 5/8 ÷2/7 = 2 3/16 times more
Pizza - You have 1 1/3 pizzas left over from a party. Your mom put equal amounts of pizza
in ziplock bags for each of your 5 family members to have for lunch. How much did she put
in each bag?
DIVIDE – 1 1/3 ÷ 5 = 4/15 of a pizza
Candy - Jill has 3/5 of her Halloween candy left. She shares 1/6 of it with her cousin that she
hasn't seen in over a year. How much of her original amount did Jill share?
MULTIPLY – 3/5 X 1/6 = 1/10 of her Halloween candy