Do I multiply or divide?

A fast food restaurant had 13 pounds of flour. If they split the flour evenly among 3 batches of chicken, how much flour would each batch use? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

• Multiply
• Divide

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Adam had a lump of silly putty that was 4 5 ⁄ 6 inches long. If he stretched it out to 2 2 ⁄ 3 times its current length how long would it be?

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6

A pet store had 3 cats. If they wanted to split 19 ounces of cat food amongst them, how much should each cat get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

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• Divide

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

A geologist had two rocks on a scale that weighed 2 1 ⁄ 2 lbs together. Rock A was 1 ⁄ 7 of the total weight. How much did rock A weigh?

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

A toy store had 4 boxes that weighed a total of 34 kilograms. If each box had the same amount of weight, how much did each box weigh? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

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• Divide

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CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A batch of chicken required 3 1 ⁄ 3 cups of flour. If a fast food restaurant was making 4 3 ⁄ 7 batches, how much flour would they need?

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CCSS.7.NS.A.2A

A musician's hair was originally 3 inches long. She asked her hair dresser to cut 5 ⁄ 6 of it off. How many inches did she have cut off?

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

A teacher had 74 packages of paper she wanted to split equally into 7 piles. How much should be in each pile? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

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CCSS.5.NBT.B.6

CCSS.6.NS.B.2

) A air freshener used 3 3 ⁄ 4 milliliters of perfume. If Wendy wanted to make 3 air fresheners, how many milliliters of perfume would she use?

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• Divide

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

After a party there was 1 ⁄ 2 of a pizza leftover. If the George gave 1 ⁄ 2 of the leftover to Olivia, what fraction of the pizza did he give to her?

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• Divide

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4A