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

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Biking to the Park

Solve the following problems, drawing your own fraction bars as needed. Write an equation for each problem.

Eight students rode their bikes to the park during spring vacation. The table shows the round-trip distances and the number of trips to the park each student made. Complete the table to show how many miles each student rode in all.

Name Roundtrip distance (miles) Number of round trips Equation Total distance (miles)
Rachel 3 fourths 3    
Terrence 1 half 5    
Zachary 1 , and 1 fourth 4    
Talisha 7 eighths 2    
Georgia 2 , and 1 third 6    
Benito 9 tenths 2    
Martin 3 , and 2 thirds 3    
Janet 2 , and 5 eighths 4    

NOTE

Students solve problems that involve multiplying a fraction or mixed number by a whole number. They also write an equation for each problem.

MWI Multiplying Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Mixed Numbers; Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number


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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