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HOMEWORK

Dividing It All Up

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

• 1 Benito has 2 pounds of ground turkey. He needs 1 4 1 fourth pound to make 1 turkey burger. How many turkey burgers can Benito make?

• 2 Four people equally shared 1 2 1 half of a meat loaf. What fraction of the whole meat loaf did each person eat?

• 3 Three people equally shared 1 4 1 fourth of a pizza. What fraction of the whole pizza did each person eat?

• 4 Rachel has 5 cups of flour. She needs 1 3 1 third cup of flour for one jumbo muffin. How many jumbo muffins can she make?

• 5 Four friends equally share 1 4 1 fourth pound of raisins. How much of a pound is each person's share?

NOTE

Students use representations to solve problems that involve dividing whole numbers and unit fractions. (A unit fraction is a fraction in which the numerator is 1.)

MWI Dividing a Whole Number by a Unit Fraction; Dividing a Fraction by a Whole Number

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