Unit 1B Problem Solving Practice

Joey, Julie, and John are making crafts for the craft fair. Joey has made 3/10 of hers, Julie has made 3/5of hers, and John has made 7/10 of hers. List the fractions from smallest to largest.

• 3/10, 7/10, 3/5

• 3/5, 7/10, 3/10

• 3/10, 3/5, 7/10

Joe measured the length of 4 pieces of wood.

10/3, 3 1/4 , 3 2/3, 3 1/2

List the length of each piece of wood from shortest to longest.

• 3 1/4, 3 1/2, 3 1/3, 3 2/3

• 3 1/4, 3 1/3, 3 1/2, 3 2/3

• 3 2/3, 3 1/2, 3 1/3, 3 1/4

Jack and his friends were having a baseball hitting contest. They recorded the distance the ball traveled and the results are below. List the distances from least to greatest.

• Greg, Mark, Sue, Tony

• Tony, Sue, Mark, Greg

• Mark, Greg, Sue, Tony

• Greg, Tony, Mark, Sue

Solve. 1/10 x 3/5

• 2/5

• 4/15

• 3/50

Solve. 5 1/2 x 6/3

• 11

• 15/2

• 7/2

Joe is building a fence for his square shaped yard. The length of the yard is 14 1/5 feet. How many feet of fence will Joe use?

• 28.4

• 201.64

• 56.8

The bus can hold 60 students. It was 3/4 full. At the first stop 2/5 of the students got off. How many students remain after the first stop?

• 15

• 27

• 16

Solve

• 15/8

• 3/10

• 23/20

I have 6 lbs of candy. I fill bags with 2/3 lb. of candy. How many bags do I fill?

• 4

• 9

• 7

• 5

Joseph has 6 3/4 lb. of dry dog food. He will put equal amounts of food into 3 containers. How much dog food will be in each container?

• 9/4

• 81/4

• 4/9