Multiplying Rational Word Problems

A railroad construction crew can lay 1 1/4 mile of track in one day. At that rate, how many days will it take to lay 10 miles of track?

• 8 days

• 12 1/2 days

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CCSS.7.RP.A.1

Charlotte collected 3 3/5 pounds of newspaper for the recycling drive. Anthony collected 7 times as much newspaper as Charlotte. How many pounds of newspaper did Anthony collect?

• 17 lbs

• 25 1/5 lbs

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CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

A cookie factory uses 3/8 of a barrel of oatmeal in each batch of cookies. The factory used 1 1/2 barrels of oatmeal yesterday. How many batches of cookies did the factory make?

• 9 batches

• 4 batches

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

A restaurant chef made 6 3/4 jars of pasta sauce. Each serving of pasta requires 3/4 of a jar of sauce. How many servings of pasta will the chef be able to prepare using the sauce?

• 9 servings

• 5 servings

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

An acre has 208.7 square feet. How many square feet are in 2 1/2 acres? What operation should you perform?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

A grocery store sells steak for 6.10 dollars per pound. What would be the cost of 2.6 lb of steak?

• $12.06

• $8.70

• $14.03

• $15.86

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

• $37.41
• $37.21
• $36.41
• $36.00

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Darren worked 16 hours last week. This week, he will work 1.3 times as many hours. How many hours will Larry work this week?

• 20.8

• 208

• 2.80

• None of the above

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

An electrician needs to buy 5 1/2 feet of electrical wire. There are 1 5/6 feet of wire on each spool. How many spools of wire should the electrician buy?

• 10 1/12

• 3

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CCSS.6.NS.A.1

A pizza recipe requires 1 and 3/4 cups of cheese. If you want to make 2 pizzas, how much cheese will you need in total?

• 3 and 1/2 cups

• 4 cups

• 1 and 1/2 cups

• 2 and 1/2 cups

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CCSS.5.NF.B.6