Use Fraction Circle Pieces Or a Drawing to Model Each Number Story

Grade 5

Unit 3 Practice Packet

EDM 4

Use fraction circle pieces or a drawing to model each number story.

1. Mark is taking care of a neighbor’s dog. The neighbor will be gone for 6 days and left 4 cans of food. The dog is supposed to eat the same amount of food each day. How much food should Mark give the dog each day?

Solution: ______

2. Adam brought 3 loaves of banana bread to school for cooking day.

There were 15 kids who wanted to try the banana bread. They decided to split the bread evenly. How much bread did each kid receive?

Solution: ______

3. Field Park school received a shipment of 12 boxes of copy paper.

The school wants to split the paper equally among its three printers.

How much paper should go to each printer?

Solution: ______

4. Mr. Promisel and 4 teachers are working late planning for the new

school year. They share 1 pizza equally for dinner. How much pizza

did each person got?

Solution: ______

Solve each number story. Write a number model to show how you solved the problem.

5. Mrs. Jones is cutting up 3 watermelon for her daughter’s soccer team. There are a total of 27 kids on the soccer team. If Mrs. Jones makes equal portions for each teammate, how much of the watermelon will each kid get?

Solution: ______

Number model: ______

6. Kelly, Lea and Helen are splitting a 21 ounce bag of twizzlers at the

movie theater. If they share the bag of twizzlers equally, how many

ounces will each girl get?

Solution: ______

Number model: ______

For each number story, write a number model with a letter for the unknown. Then solve. You may draw a picture to help. Explain what you did with the remainder.

7. Miss Wilkinson’s class is having a class party. There are 25 students in

her class. If each table seats 8, how many tables will the class need so that all of the students and Miss Wilkinson’s have a seat?

Number model: ______

Quotient: ______Remainder: ______

Answer: They will need ______tables

Circle what you did with the remainder.

Ignored itreported it as a fractionRounded the quotient up

Why?______

8. Grace bought 3 boxes of granola bars to share with her friends at the Student Council meeting. There are 10 bars in each box and 24 kids on Student Council. If the granola bars are shared equally, how many full bars will each kid get?

Number model: ______

Quotient: ______Remainder: ______

Answer: ______

Circle what you did with the remainder.

Ignored itreported it as a fractionRounded the quotient up

Why?______

9. Three families live in the same apartment building. They decide to share a giant 227 ounce container of laundry detergent. If the families split the detergent equally, how many ounces of laundry detergent will each family get?

Number model: ______

Quotient: ______Remainder: ______

Answer: Each family will get ______ounces of laundry detergent.

Circle what you did with the remainder.

Ignored itreported it as a fractionRounded the quotient up

Why?______

10. Write a division number story with an answer of ½.

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11. Write a division number story with an answer of ⅓.

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12. Write a division number story with an answer of ¼.

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13. Divide this line to show halves. Label each tick mark with a fraction.

14. Divide this line to show fourths. Label each tick mark with a fraction.

15. Divide this line to show eighths. Label each tick mark with a fraction.

16. Use the number lines created to answer the following questions.

Which number is greater? Circle the greater number in each pair.

1. or

b. or

c. or

d. or

Solve.

17. + =

Explain:______

______

______

18. + =

Explain:______

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19. + =

Explain:______

______

Write ＞, ﹤, or =

20. ___

Explain:______

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21. ____

Explain:______

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22. Julia calculated + and said the answer was .

Explain how you know that Julia’s answer does not make sense.

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23. Ross calculated + and said the answer was . Joe solved the same problem and said the answer was 1.

Whose answer is more reasonable? Explain how you know.

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Estimate the sum or difference for each fraction number story. Place an X on the number line to represent your estimate. Then circle the best answer.

24. Michelle bought 1 pounds of grapes and 1 pounds of bananas. About how many pounds of fruit did Michelle buy?

How much fruit?

about 2 pounds about 2 pounds about 3 pounds

Explain your thinking:______

______

______

25. Connie has 2 yards of fabric. She will use about yard to make a skirt. How many yards of fabric will she have left?

How much fabric?

about1 yards about 2 yards about 3 yards

Explain your thinking: ______

______

______

26. Write a fraction to make each number sentence true. Use your fraction circle pieces or the Fraction Number Lines Poster to help you.

1. ______+ ¼ > 1b. 3-______> 1

c. 1 + ______> 1 ⅓ d. 1 - ______> ½

27. Use division, the Fraction Number Lines poster, or Fraction Circle pieces to rename the fractions as mixed numbers.

1. = ______b. = ______

c. = ______d. = ______

28. Explain how you solved 27d.______

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29. Rename each mixed number as an improper fraction.

1. = ______b. = ______

c. = ______d. = ______

30. Rename each as a mixed number or improper fraction.

1. = ______

b. = ______

c. = ______

d. = ______

e. = ______

31. Rename the fractions as mixed numbers.

a. = ______b. = ______

Explain how you solved number 31a:

______

32. Write another name for each mixed number that has the same denominator.

1. 7 ______

b. 3______

c. 8 _______

33. Write another name for each mixed number that has the same denominator.

d. 5______

e. 2 ______

f. 6 _______

34. Solve. You can use fraction circles, a number line, or a drawing to help you.

a. + = ______

b. + = ______

c. + = ______

d. + = ______

35. In my first marathon I ran for 5 km, for my second marathon 2 km, and my third marathon I ran 4 km. What was the total distance I completed?

Number Model: ______

Estimate: ______

Answer: ______km

36. Mom measured her baby on his 1st year birthday. The baby measured 2 ¼ inches tall. She measured her baby on his 2nd year birthday. The baby was 3 inches tall. Mom told Dad that the baby grew 5 inches in one year.

1. What mistake did Mom make?

______

______

______

1. How much did the baby actually grow from Year 1 to Year 2?

Answer: The baby grew ______inches from Year 1 to Year 2.

37. Chef Paul had 4 cups of sugar. He used cups to bake a batch of cookies. How many cups of sugar does he have left?

Number Model: ______

Estimate: ______

Answer: ______cups of sugar.

38. Carlos had 3 crackers in his lunch. He ate crackers. How many crackers did he have left?

Number Model: ______

Estimate: ______

Answer: ______crackers

39. Lucy had 1 gallons of paint. She poured an additional 2 gallons to finish painting the room. How many gallons of paint did she use?

Number Model: ______

Estimate: ______

Answer: ______gallons of paint

40. What is:

a.) of 12? ______b.) of 20? ______

c.) of 19? ______d.) of 11? ______

e.) of 9? ______f.) of 16? ______

g.) of 15? ______h.) of 12? ______

41. George picked up 44 carrots from the farmers market. of the carrots were rotten. How many carrots were rotten?

Answer: ______carrots

42. Kelly made 24 pies for the bake sale. She sells of the the pies. How many pies are left?

Answer: ______pies