IXL | Multiply and divide unit fractions and whole numbers: word problems

Mariana is helping refill empty ketchup bottles at her uncle's diner. Each bottle can hold

of a gallon of ketchup. She has a huge container with 2 gallons of ketchup in it. How many bottles can she fill?

Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.

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Johnson Elementary School has an annual pogo stick relay race. Teams have 5 members who each hop the same distance. The race starts at the baseball field and ends

of a mile away at the football field. How many miles does each team member hop?

Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.

solution

Start by listing the information given in the problem:

The pogo stick race is
1
2
of a mile long.
Each team has 5 members.

You know how long the pogo stick race is,

of a mile, and how many team members the race is split between, 5. So, divide

by 5 to find how many miles each person hops.

Dividing by 5 is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal,

So, each team member hops

of a

mile.

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