IXL | Divide fractions and mixed numbers using models: word problems

Omar's scout troop is running an activity tent at Moose Hill's Fall Festival next Saturday. The event will be

hours long, and troop members plan to share the responsibility by splitting the time into 5 equal shifts. How long will each shift be?

Use the model to help answer the question.

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

hours

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Eve has volunteered to make lasagna for Amity Community Kitchen, a local meal center in her city. After she makes the lasagna layers, she has

pounds of shredded cheese left to sprinkle on top. Eve wants to sprinkle the same amount of cheese on top of each of the 3 trays of lasagna that she made. How much cheese should Eve put on each tray of lasagna?

Use the model to help answer the question.

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

pounds

solution

Eve divides

pounds of cheese evenly among 3 trays. To find how much cheese each tray gets, divide

by 3.

Use the model to divide

into 3 equal groups and find the size of each group.

The model shows

Divide

into 3 equal groups of eighths.

The model shows

divided into 3 groups of size

So, each tray gets

of a pound of cheese.

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