IXL | Divide fractions and mixed numbers: word problems

The elephants at the zoo eat 1/4 of a bucket of bananas each day. The zookeeper bought 2 1/4 buckets of bananas. How many days will the bananas last?

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

days

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A factory uses 1/2 of a barrel of raisins in each batch of granola bars. Yesterday, the factory used 2 1/2 barrels of raisins. How many batches of granola bars did the factory make yesterday?

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

batches

key idea

Write mixed numbers as improper fractions. Multiply by the reciprocal of the divisor.

solution

Divide the total quantity of raisins used by the quantity needed for each batch.

Write

as an improper fraction:

(2 × 2) + 1

Turn this from a division problem into a multiplication problem by multiplying by the reciprocal.

Cancel common factors, then multiply.

5 × 1

1 × 1

Simplify the answer.

The factory made 5 batches of granola bars yesterday.

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