IXL | Add, subtract, and multiply fractions: word problems II

Kendra watched a beetle and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 2 yards and the spider crawled 9/10 of a yard. How much farther did the beetle crawl than the spider?

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

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On Monday a team of street sweepers cleaned 8 city blocks. Tuesday, the team cleaned 3/4 as many blocks as on Monday. How many city blocks did the street sweepers clean on Tuesday?

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

blocks

solution

On Tuesday the street sweepers cleaned 3/4 times 8 city blocks.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

3 × 8

4 × 1

Simplify the product.

On Tuesday the street sweepers cleaned 6 city blocks.

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Lesson: Adding mixed numbers

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