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LESSON
5
Fraction Operations
Problem Solving: Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Use the recipe to answer the questions.
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Servings: 1 batch
1. If you want to make 2 1 batches,
2
how much flour would you need?
1 2 cups flour
3
3 teaspoon baking soda
4
1 cup white sugar
2
2 1 cups semisweet chocolate chips
3
1 cup brown sugar
2
3 cup butter
4
2. If you want to make only 1 1 batches,
2
how many cups of chocolate chips
would you need?
3. You want to bake 3 1 batches. How
4
much vanilla do you need in all?
1 egg
1 1 teaspoons vanilla
4
4. If you make 1 1 batches, how much
4
baking soda would you need?
A
3 teaspoon
16
C 3 teaspoon
5
B
5 teaspoon
16
D
5. How many cups of white sugar do you
need to make 3 1 batches of
2
cookies?
15 teaspoon
16
6. Dan used 2 1 cups of butter to make
4
chocolate chip cookies using the
above recipe. How many batches of
cookies did he make?
A 3 batches
C 5 batches
B 4 batches
D 6 batches
F 3 1 cups
2
H 1 1 cups
2
G 1 3 cups
4
J 1 1 cups
4
7. One bag of chocolate chips holds
2 cups. If you buy five bags, how
many cups of chips will you have left
over after baking 2 1 batches of
2
cookies?
F
4 1 cups
6
G 5 5 cups
6
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H 2 1 cups
3
J 1 cups
3
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Choose the letter for the best answer.
Challenge
1. 1 1 miles
8
2. 1 1 miles
4
3. 1 3 miles
16
4. 1 1 miles
2
17. 2 action figures
Practice B
5. 1 1 miles
16
Problem Solving
1. 4 1 cups
6
2. 3 1 cups
2
3. 4 1 teaspoons
16
4. D
5. G
7. F
6. A
1. 7
5
2. 8
9
3. 5
3
4. 10
5. 9
4
6. 14
13
7. 3
4
8. 5
14
9. 6
19
10. 1
6
11. 1 3
4
12. 1 5
16
13. 1 2
11
14. 3
10
15. 1
12
16. 3 1
9
17. 25
69
18. 17
26
20. 50 hamburgers
GOOD JOB
19. 14 knots
21. 12 plants
Answers for Lesson 6
Practice C
Reading Strategies
1. 2 1
2
3. 5
2. 5
2
4. Multiply 5 • 3.
5. Add 2 to 15.
6. 17
5
Puzzles, Twisters & Teasers
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18. 3 cup of food
8
1. 2
21
2. 7
45
3. 9
26
4. 4
61
5. 3
29
6. 8
61
7. 24
55
8. 1 1
27
9. 1 3
5
10. 117
19
11. 116
19
12. 22
63
13. 4 20
39
14. 2 16
145
15. 3 2
11
16. 123
130
Practice A
3. 5
2. 3
2
4. 3
5. 5
3
7. 5
2
6. 4
5
8. 7
3
1. 2
9. 2
3
10. 1 ; 1
2 3
11 4 ; 2
3 3
12. 4 ; 3 1
3
1
13. 5 ; 3
1
14. 1 ; 7
3 27
15. 2 ; 3
1
16. 9 cakes
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