IXL | Multiplication with mixed numbers: word problems

Victor collected

pounds of newspaper for the recycling drive. Clarence collected 5 times as much newspaper as Victor. How many pounds of newspaper did Clarence collect?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Elijah bought a bag of parsnips that weighed

pounds. He also bought a bag of turnips that weighed 4 times as much as the parsnips. How many pounds of turnips did Elijah buy?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

pounds

solution

Elijah bought 4 times

pounds of turnips.

Multiply:

Write 4 as an improper fraction.

Write

as an improper fraction.

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Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

Simplify the product.

Elijah bought 14 pounds of turnips.

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