IXL | Multiply fractions and whole numbers: word problems

Ian collected 1/2 of a bin of glass bottles to recycle. Sophia collected 6 times as many bins as Ian. How many bins of bottles did Sophia collect?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Todd is making calzones to sell at his restaurant. He starts with 10 cans of tomato sauce and then uses 2/3 of the cans for the first batch of calzones. How many cans of tomato sauce does Todd use for the first batch of calzones?

Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

cans

solution

Todd uses 2/3 of 10 cans of tomato sauce for the first batch of calzones.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

2 × 10

3 × 1

Simplify the product.

Todd uses 6 2/3 cans of tomato sauce.

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