Remote Learning Fractions

Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Solve this problem:
Two-thirds of the students in a class are wearing blue jeans. Two-sixths of the students who are wearing blue jeans are also wearing red shirts. What fraction of the students in the class are wearing blue jeans and red shirts?

• 2/9
• 1/3
• 1
• 1/4

A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food.  Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food.  How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog bowl?
What operation do you use to solve this problem?

• Add
• Subtract
• Multiply
• Divide

Solve this problem:
A dog's food bowl holds 2 cups of dog food.  Pete uses a scoop that holds 1/3 of a cup of dog food.  How many scoops will it take for Pete to fill the dog bowl?

• 6
• 2/3
• 1 and 2/3
• 2 and 1/3

How would you solve this problem?

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Answer explanation

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.

• 5/24

• 1

• 0

• 1/4

Solve this problem:
A farmer mows 1/5 of an acre each day.  If his property has 3 acres, how many days will it take to mow it all?

• 15
• 2 and 4/5
• 3 and 1/5
• 3/5