Fraction Test #2 Review

Gabby was putting soil into flower pots.  She had ¼  pound of soil to put into 8 pots.  How much soil did she put into each pot?

• 2 lbs.

• 32 lbs.

Answer explanation

Because the total amount of soil is 1/4 lb. Gabby was splitting the total into 8 pots so this was a division problem.

  Joseph swam 1 ½ miles in the morning, another 1 ¾ miles before lunch, and 1 ⅔ miles in the evening.  How far did he swim in all?

Answer explanation

The problem has the same labels "miles" and has "in all" in the question. These clues tell you to add. Use the fraction 4 square model to solve the problem.

    Which of the following is not a correct statement?

Answer explanation

Use the butterfly method to compare fractions.

A popcorn machine can pop ¾ cup of popcorn every minute.  How many cups of popcorn can it pop in 20 minutes?

• 15

• 20

• Not Here

 Meagen had ½ gallon of ice cream.  She ate 0.1 gallon for a snack.  How much ice cream is left?

• 0.4 gallon

• 0.1 gallon

• 0.6 gallon

• 0.5 gallon

Athena made 4 cakes for a class party.  She cut each cake into sixths.  How many ⅙ cake pieces does she have?

• 24

• 12

 Sophia had 20 fiction books.  ⅘ of them were about cats.  How many of her books were about cats?

• 4

• 10

• 12

• 16

  The four students at each table in Mrs. Lorenz's class will share ½ bag of marshmallows to build a tower.  How much of the bag will each student get?

• 2

• 8

 The models below show how much water the class hamster used each day.  How much water had the hamster used after three days?