Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space, Student Activity Book [Grade 5]

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

HOMEWORK

Canoe Trip

Cecilia and two friends went on a 36-mile canoe trip. The table shows their progress during the 3-day trip.

Use the fraction bars below to show the fraction of the canoe trip traveled each day. (Each fraction bar represents 36 miles.) Then complete the table.

Day Fraction of Trip Traveled Each Day Miles Traveled Each Day
Friday 1 fourth  
Saturday 5 twelfths  
Sunday 1 third  

Friday

A blank fraction bar.

Saturday

A blank fraction bar.

Sunday

A blank fraction bar.

NOTE

Students use fraction bars to solve problems that involve multiplying a whole number by a fraction.

MWI Multiplying Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Mixed Numbers


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons