IXL - Word problems: mixed review (Algebra 1 practice)

For a new neighborhood, 1 acre of land will be split into 2 lots. How many acres of land will each lot have?

Write your answer as a decimal.

acres

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Shawna is going out of town for the day, so she asks a friend to watch her 3 dogs. She wants to leave

of a pound of food for each dog. If a can of dog food has 0.75 pounds of food, how many cans should Shawna leave?

Write your answer as a whole number, decimal, fraction, or mixed number. Simplify any fractions.

cans

You need to find how many cans of dog food Shawna should leave. But first, you need to know how many pounds of dog food she wants to leave in all.

Shawna has 3 dogs. She wants to leave

of a pound of food for each dog.

Shawna wants to leave

pounds of dog food in all.

Now divide to find how many cans of dog food Shawna should leave. She wants to leave

pounds of food. Each can has 0.75 pounds of food.

First, write both numbers in the same form. Convert 0.75 to a simplified fraction.

0.75

100

Divide.

Shawna should leave 2 cans of dog food.

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