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

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Dividing a Whole Number by a Fraction

Solve each problem. Use a representation, and write an equation for each one.

A fifth-grade class is making holiday gift baskets. Some children are making bows for the baskets. The bows are different sizes.

  • 1 Felix has 2 yards of ribbon. He needs 1 fourth yard to make 1 bow. How many bows can Felix make?

  • 2 Georgia has 5 yards of ribbon. She needs 1 third yard to make 1 bow. How many bows can Georgia make?

  • 3 Tyler has 3 yards of ribbon. He needs 1 sixth yard to make 1 bow. How many bows can Tyler make?

  • 4 Olivia has 4 yards of ribbon. She needs 1 fifth yard to make 1 bow. How many bows can Olivia make?


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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