3.4 – Real World Problems: Fractions and Decimals (continued)
1)
A pint of juice costs $0.80. If Jason wants to buy 3.5 pints of
juice, how much will he have to pay?
1 pint costs: __________________
How many does Jason want: ______
Operation: ___________________
2)
A gallon of gasoline costs $3.45. How much does 6.8 gallons of
gasoline costs?
1 gallon costs: __________________
How many gallons do you want:______
Operation: ____________________
3)
The cost of carpeting a square foot is $9.30. How much does it
cost to carpet 7.8 square feet?
1 square foot costs: _________________
How many square feet do you want: ______
Operation: ________________________
4)
A package of blueberries costs $0.95. Becky decides to buy 4
packages. How much does it cost to buy 4 packages of
blueberries?
3.4 – Real World Problems: Fractions and Decimals (continued)
5)
Pamela divided 3.2 pounds of dough into pieces that each weighed
0.2 pound. Into how many pieces did she divide the dough?
Object that is going to be divided: ___________
Size of pieces: _________________________
Operation: ____________________________
6)
A piece of paper is 19.5 centimeters long. How many 1.5
centimeter strips of paper can be cut form the piece of paper?
Object that is going to be divided: __________
Size of the pieces: _____________________
Operation: ___________________________
7)
A pharmacist pours 30 fluid ounces of medicine into some bottles.
Each bottle now contains 0.5 fluid ounces of the medicine. How
many bottles of medicine does the pharmacist fill?
Object that is going to be divided: __________
Size of the pieces: _____________________
Operation: ___________________________
8)
Billy cuts pieces of string each measuring 3.4 meters long from a
string that is 27.2 meters in length. How many pieces were cut
from the 27.2 meters string?
3.4 – Real World Problems: Fractions and Decimals (continued)
9)
Henry buys 12 apple pies. How gives 5 apple pies to his family and
cuts the rest into equal slices to give to friends. If each slice is
1/6 of a pie, how many slices of apple pie does he give to his
friends?
Operation: _________
10)
A wooden plank is 19 feet long. Mr. Peterson cuts 3 feet off the
end of the wooden plank. He then cuts the remaining piece of wood
into equal pieces, each 1/5 foot long. How many pieces does Mr.
Peterson cut?
Operation: _________
11)
_________
Isaac has 10 gallons of paint. He uses 3 gallons of paint to paint a
wall. He then pours the remaining paint into some containers. If
each container has ¼ gallon of paint, into how many containers does
Isaac pour the paint?
Operation: _________
12)
_________
_________
Jess buys a roll of string that is 30 meters long. She uses 10
meters of string to tie a box. She then cuts the remaining string
into equal pieces, each 2/3-meter long. Into how many 2/3 meter
pieces does Jess cut the sting?
Operation: _________
_________