Exercise 5 (answers on page 40)

Solve the following fraction word problems. Cancel and simplify your answers.
1. A stack of boards is 21 inches high. Each board is 1¾ inches thick. How
many boards are there?

2. A satellite makes 4 revolutions of the earth in one day. How many

revolutions would it make in 6½ days?

3. A bolt has 16½ turns per inch. How many turns would be in 2½ inches of
threads?

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4. If a bookshelf is 28 inches long, how many 1 inch thick books will it
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hold?

5. Deborah needs to make 16 costumes for the school play. Each costume
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requires 2 yards of material. How many yards of material will she
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need?

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6. The Coffee Pub has cans of coffee that weigh 3 pounds each. The Pub
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has 8½ cans of coffee left. What is the total weight of 8½

cans?

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7. Belinda baked 9 pies that weigh 20 pounds total. How much does each
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pie weigh?

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8. A piece of paper is inches thick. How many sheets of paper will it
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take to make a stack 1 inch high?

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9. Tanya has read of a book, which is 390 pages. How many pages are in
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the entire book?

10. DJ Gabe is going to serve ⅓ of a whole pizza to each guest at his

party. If he expects 24 guests, how many pizza’s will he need?

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 Exercise 6 (answers on page 41)
Solve the following add/subtract fraction word problems
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1. Find the total width of 3 boards that 1 inches wide, inch
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1
wide, and 1 inches wide.
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2. A 7.15H tire is 6 inches wide and a 7.15C tire is 4 inches
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wide. What is the difference in their widths?

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3. A patient is given 1 teaspoons of medicine in the morning and
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1
2 teaspoons at night. How many teaspoons total does the
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patient receive daily?

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4. 3 feet are cut off a board that is 12 feet long. How long is
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the remaining part of the board?

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5. of the corn in the U.S. is grown in Iowa. of it is grown in
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Nebraska. How much of the corn supply is grown in the two
states?

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6. A runner jogs 7 miles east, 5 miles south, and 8 miles west.
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How far has she jogged?

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7. If 3 ounce of cough syrup is used from a 9 ounce bottle, how
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much is left?

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8. I set a goal to drink 64 ounces of water a day. If I drink 10
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ounces in the morning, 15 ounces at noon, and 20 ounces at
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dinner, how many more ounces of water do I have to drink to
reach my goal for the day?

9. Three sides of parking lot are measured to the following lengths:

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108 feet, 162 feet, and 143 feet. If the distance around the
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lot is 518 feet, find the fourth side.
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10. Gabriel wants to make five banners for the parade. He has 75
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feet of material. The size of four of the banners are: 12 ft.,
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16 ft., 11 ft., and 14 ft. How much material is left for the
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fifth banner?

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Answer to Multiplication and Division of Fractions
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5
1.
1
1. 2
5
1.
4
1. 2
4 1. 12 boards
12 8 5 9
2.
2
2. 12
3
2. 1
4
2. 3
1 2. 26 revolutions
5 5 5 9
6 1 3. 3 16 1
3. 3. 8 3. 2 3. 41 turns
11 8 19 4
4.
2
4. 1
1
4. 2
4
4.
9 4. 15 books
3 16 7 28
5.
1
5. 2
27
5. 2
2
5. 13
3 5. 36 yards
15 32 5 5
5
6.
15
6. 5
1
6.
2 6. 10 6. 27 pounds
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28 3 3
35 5 1 4 1
7. 7. 9 7. 3 7. 4 7. 2 pounds
72 8 2 11 4
8. 2 8. 14 8. 1
1
8. 1
13 8. 250 sheets
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9. 5 9. 60
9.
2
9. 1
15 9. 520 pages
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10. 5
10. 3
25
10. 1
1 10. 1 10. 8 pizzas
54 2
11. 4 11. 60 11.
7
11. 1
2
9 3
3 2 64 21
12. 12. 10 12. 12. 1
4 3 81 79
21 1
13. 13. 5
26 3
14.
2 14. 12
9
3 3
15. 15.
8 16
46
16.
51
5
17.
24
9
18.
20

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Answers to Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6
1) 6 1) 5 1) 1 1 1) 5 1) 16 9 1) 4 1 inches
5 7 10 8
2) 15 2) 10 2) 1 1 2) 5 2) 2 2 2) 1 7 inches
4 7 21 8
3) 8 3) 10 3) 21 3) 2 3) 17 13 3) 33 teaspoons
3 3 24 4
4) 12 4) 9 4) 1 2 4) 17 4) 16 1 4) 8 11 feet
3 20 5 12
5) 35 5) 8 5) 2 1 1 5
5) 1 5) 1 5)
6 4 8
6) 9 6) 15 1 3 1 7
6) 1 6) 1 6) 3 6) 21 miles
2 10 8 60
7) 4 7) 1 7) 5 7) 1 5 3
7) 2 7) 5 ounces
6 4
8) 40 8) 3 2 5 3 1
8) 1 8) 1 8) 12 8) 17 ounces
3 24 8 3
9) 30 9) 4 3 4 3 13
9) 4 9) 1 9) 8 9) 104 feet
4 9 5 16
10) 15 10) 1 10) 4 3 10) 1 10) 2 5 10) 20 1 ft.
5 4 12 4
11) 6 11) 1 11) 6 11) 4 11) 3 10
15 21
12) 16 12) 1 12) 3 2 12) 5 12) 5
5 24 7
13) 24 13) 10 13) 4 1 13) 1 13) 14 1
9 6 2
14) 42 14) 1 14) 3 1 14) 7 14) 11 8
2 22 9
15) 120 15) 2 15) 5 2 15) 1 15) 154 1
9 12 5
16) 3 16) 26 1 16) 1 16) 6 2
2 6 3
17) 8 17) 8 1 17) 7 17) 1 1
2 12 8
18) 10 18) 7 18) 17 18) 6 3
30 5
19) 1 19) 16 1 19) 3 19) 7 2
5 5 3
20) 1 20) 7 3 20) 23 20) 4 1
5 30 6
21) 1 21) 17 1 21) 11 21) 95 5
3 56 8
22) 1
23) 2
9
24) 1 3
8
25) 11
42
26) 1
5
27) 32
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