Mastering Mixed Numbers: Real-Life Recipes & More

A recipe calls for 2 1/2 cups of flour. If you want to make 3 batches of the recipe, how many cups of flour do you need in total?

• 7 1/2 cups

• 5 cups

• 3 1/2 cups

• 10 cups

Sarah has 1 3/4 yards of fabric. She uses 2/3 of it to make a dress. How much fabric does she have left?

• 3/4 yard

• 1 yard

• 5/12 yards

• 7/12 yards

A gardener plants 3 1/2 rows of flowers. Each row has 4 1/4 flowers. How many flowers did the gardener plant in total?

• 12 1/2

• 15 3/4

• 10 1/4

• 14 7/8

Tom has 5 1/2 pounds of apples. He wants to divide them equally into 3 bags. How many pounds of apples will each bag contain?

• 3 pounds

• 1 5/6 pounds

• 1 1/2 pounds

• 2 pounds

A car travels 2 1/3 miles every day. How far will it travel in 4 days?

• 9 1/3 miles

• 7 1/2 miles

• 10 miles

• 8 miles

A baker uses 1 1/2 cups of sugar for each cake. If she bakes 4 cakes, how much sugar does she use in total?

• 6 cups of sugar

• 4 cups of sugar

• 8 cups of sugar

• 10 cups of sugar

Emily read 2 1/4 books last month. If she reads 3 times that amount this month, how many books will she read?

• 6 3/4 books

• 4 1/2 books

• 5 1/4 books

• 7 books

A box contains 3 1/2 dozen eggs. If you use 2/3 of the eggs, how many eggs are left in the box?

• 12 eggs

• 20 eggs

• 14 eggs

• 10 eggs

A recipe requires 1 2/3 cups of milk. If you want to make 5 times the recipe, how much milk do you need?

• 4 1/2 cups

• 6 cups

• 8 1/3 cups

• 10 cups

A teacher has 4 1/2 hours to complete 3 lessons. How much time can she spend on each lesson?

• 60 minutes

• 90 minutes

• 75 minutes

• 120 minutes