Fractions LASE 3

A race car driver covers 3/4 of a mile each lap. How far will the driver have driven after 6 laps?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A potter uses 5/6 pound of clay to make a small bowl. How much clay will she use to make nine bowls?

• 7 1/2pounds

• 8 pounds

• 6 1/2 pounds

• 9 pounds

Linda wants to plant 3/10 of a tree sapling each day. She has 20 days to plant all of her saplings. She used the expression below to see how many saplings she can plant in 20 days. 20 x 3/10 = 5 saplings Do you agree with how Linda solved the problem? Was she correct? Explain.

Spencer is a mechanic. He uses 3/5 of a bottle of coolant to repair each car. Spencer has 30 cars to repair at his shop. How many `bottles of coolant did he use?

Mathematical Equivalence

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A painter covers 3/4 of a wall in one hour. How many walls will be painted after 7 hours?

• 5 walls

• 5 1/4 walls

• 4 1/5 walls

• 5 3/4 walls

A librarian organizes 4/9 shelf of books per hour. How many shelves will she organize in 9 hours? She will organize

(a)   in 9 hours.

• 4 shelves
• 2 shelves
• 10 shelves
• 1 shelf

A car travels 3/4 mile per minute. How far will it travel in 20 minutes?

• 15 miles

• 20 miles

• 25 miles

• 30 miles

Tom buys 4/5 a pound of grapes for each of his ten friends. How many pounds of grapes does he buy in total?

• 5 pounds

• 4 pounds

• 8 pounds

• 10 pounds

Franklin uses 3/5 of a can of paint for each fence. How many cans of paint are needed if he needs to paint 15 fences? Franklin would need to use __________ cans of paint to complete 15 fences.

• 9

• 8

• 10

• 12

Victor is building a fence around his vegetable garden. Each section of the fence is 3/9 of a meter long. He needs to install nine sections. How many meters of fencing will Victor need in total for all nine sections? Victor will need ​ (a)   meters in total for all nine sections.

• 1

• 9

• 3
• 2