Name: ________________________________
Pre Algebra: Homework
Operations with Fractions – Focus on Division
Date: 12/4/2012
Period: _______
Simplify all fractions. Write any improper fraction as mixed numbers.
A.
Makenna works in the Olde Tyme Soda Shoppe. The shop sells single milkshakes,
double milkshakes, and triple milkshakes:
1

a single shake uses 5 cup of syrup
2
a double shake use 5 cup of syrup

a triple shake uses 5 cup of syrup

3
SHOW THE ORGINAL NUMBER SENTENCE and the final answer. Think: is this a grouping or
sharing problem. Make sure the number sentence is set up correctly.
B.
(1)
How many single milkshakes can Makenna make with 3 21 cups of syrup?
(2)
How many double milkshakes can Makenna make with 3 21 cups of syrup?
(3)
How many triple milkshakes can Makenna make with 3 21 cups of syrup?
Three groups of students are sharing leftover pizza (all the same size originally).
How much pizza does each student get? SHOW THE ORGINAL NUMBER SENTENCE
and the final answer. Think: is this a grouping or sharing problem.
(4)
Six students equally share ¾ of a pizza
(5)
Three students equally share 1 31 of a pizza.
(6)
Four students equally share 2 23 of a pizza.
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Fraction Operations (mostly division)
C.
Skill practice – dividing with fractions.
Find each quotient. Simplify fractions. Change improper fractions to mixed
numbers.
(7)
12  21
(8)
12  31
(9)
3  23
(10)
7
8
4
(11)
1 23  6
(12)
5
6
 31
(13)
1 41  2 21
(14)
8
5
 103
(15)
1 21  34
(16)
How many bows can you make from 5 meters of ribbon if making a bow takes ¼
of a meter of ribbon? SHOW THE ORGINAL NUMBER SENTENCE and the final
answer. Think if this is grouping or sharing.
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(17)
Draw a diagram to show how many ¾-foot pieces of string can be cut from a
piece of string 4 ½ feet long. Show the number sentence and the final answer.
Think if this is grouping or sharing.
(18)
How many ¾-cup servings are there in a 6-cup package of rice? SHOW THE
ORGINAL NUMBER SENTENCE and the final answer. Think if this is grouping or
sharing.
(19)
Lily makes 2 ½ cups of pudding. How many
1
3
-cup servings can she get from
the pudding? SHOW THE ORGINAL NUMBER SENTENCE along with the answer.
Think if this is grouping or sharing.
Pre-Algebra
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Fraction Operations (mostly division)