Multiplication and Division Rational Numbers Word Problems

How many hamburgers are there?

• 10 hamburgers

• 2/20 hamburgers

• 8 hamburgers

• 14 hamburgers

Paul runs a small farm. After the last harvest, he weighed the amount of squash he collected. He had 42.2 total pounds of green and yellow squash. If yellow squash made up 1/5 of the harvest by weight, how many pounds of green squash did he have? Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

Luther owns a farm where he grows red and green tomatoes. He sells both types of tomatoes for $1.70 per pound. One customer bought 10.6 pounds of red tomatoes and 8.3 pounds of green tomatoes. How much money did Luther earn in all from that sale?

11 How much longer did Lois play than Souzi?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• a

• b

• c

• d

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

Brynlee is selling pies for a band fundraiser.  They make $5.50 profit for every pie they sell.  How many must they sell in order to make a profit of at least $100?

• 19 pies

• 18 pies

• 550 pies

• 100 pies

Over 5 months, a total of $400 was deducted from Wyatt’s checking account for his auto insurance. Which number sentence best illustrates the amount by which Wyatt's account changed each month?

• 400 ÷ 5 = 80

• −400 ÷ −5 = 80

• −400 ÷ 5 = −80

• 400 ÷ −5 = −80

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

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