IXL | Multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers: word problems

Vince's dog eats 1/3 of a can of food each day. Vince currently has 2 2/3 cans of dog food. How many days will the current supply of dog food last?

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

days

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Yesterday, Emily's Snack Shack went through 5 bottles of ketchup. If they used 2 4/5 times as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

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

bottles

solution

Emily's Snack Shack went through 2 4/5 times 5 bottles of mustard.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

(2 × 5) + 4

Write

as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

14 × 5

5 × 1

Simplify the product.

Emily's Snack Shack went through 14 bottles of mustard.

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