Quiz 3:1

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

• 1/5

• 2/5

• 4/5

• 5/5; the whole mile

A farmer was dividing up his 1/3 of an acre of land between his 5 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, how much land did each child get?

• 1/15 of an acre

• 15 acres

• 5/3 acres

• 3/5 of an acre

A farmer was dividing up his 1/3 of an acre of land between his 5 children. Since each child got the same amount of land, how much land did each child get?

• 1/15 of an acre

• 15 acres

• 5/3 acres

• 3/5 of an acre

Simplify the fraction: 4/40.

Simplify the fraction: 24/30.

Simplify the fraction: 63/72.

Which fractions and decimals are equivalent to 1/4?

• .25

• 4/8

• 2/8

• .40

Compare 2/5 to 0.2

• <
• >
• =

9.546 __ 9.678