NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

All Kinds of Nuts

Use a representation to solve each problem. Also, write an equation that represents the problem.

• 1 Emaan bought 6 bags of walnuts. Each bag contained 3 4 3 fourths of a pound of walnuts. What was the total weight of the walnuts?

• 2 Enrique's hamster eats 2 3 2 thirds of a cup of nuts every week. How much nuts does Enrique need to buy to feed his hamster nuts for 4 weeks?

• 3 Kimberly is making 3 loaves of nut bread. For each loaf, she needs 3 4 3 fourths of a cup of pecans. How many cups of pecans does she need? Circle the best answer below.

  between 3 and 4 cups

  between 2 and 3 cups

  between 1 and 2 cups

NOTE

Students solve problems involving multiplication of whole numbers and fractions.

MWI Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers

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