Fraction Word Problems

The key word here is "of." If 1/3 of the students are in chorus, find 1/3 of 24.

$\frac{24}{1}\times\frac{1}{3}=\frac{24}{3}$ To multiply, put the 24 over 1 then multiply straight across. The final simplified answer would be 8 students because $\frac{24}{3}=24\div3$ and that equals 8!

In the problem, they use 2/3 "of them" meaning 2/3 of 366 jump ropes. Of usually means to multiply. It means divide if you don't know the total (ex. If 1/4 of the pizza was eaten and there are 6 slices left, how many slices were there to start with?)

To solve  $\frac{366}{1}\times\frac{2}{3}\ =\frac{366\times2}{3\times1}=\frac{732}{3}$  multiply straight across to get the 732/3, then divide to get your final answer.

$\frac{6}{8}$

I think of it like this. You can get pepperoni OR you can get mushrooms. Both are OK, so we include both in our numerator, which represents pizza toppings that are acceptable to us. That gives us

 $\frac{6\div2}{8\div2}=\frac{3}{4}$ 

We want to know Bonnie's slices + Noel's slices to find out how much they ate in all.

We want to know Bonnie's slices + Noel's slices to find out how much they ate in all.

We should divide since we want to know how many times 1/4 goes into 8. The key word is "each" meaning that each bow uses the same amount of ribbon so the number of bows times 1/4 equals the total amount of ribbon. We don't know the number of bows so we divide the total amount to see how many 1/4 lengths will fit inside the 8 ft.