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Who has the right of way? David worked 7 1 3 hours today and planted 11 trees. It takes him about the same amount of time to plant each tree. How long did it take him to plant each tree? RICHART   7 1 3 ×11= 22 3 ×11= 242 3 =80 2 3 ERIKA 7 1 3 ÷11= 22 3 ÷11= 22 33 = 2 3

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GAME! SUM TOTAL PLUS

GAME! TIMES MULTIPLY PRODUCT

GAME! HALF QUOTIENT SAME GROUPED

GAME! DIFFERENCE MINUS TAKE AWAY

GAME! DIVIDEND SEPARATED SHARED EQUALLY

EXAMPLES Problems: Billy has  1 4  of a pound of trail mix. He wants to share it equally between himself and his brother. Jason has  1 3  of a gallon of milk. If he divides the milk into 444 equal servings, how much milk will he have in each serving?

EXAMPLES Tommy will spend   1 5 of his time this weekend studying for his 4 final exams. What fraction of the weekend will he spend studying for each of his 4 exams if he spends the same amount of time studying for each exam?

EXAMPLES Amos is painting his room. He needs  1 4 of a gallon to paint all four walls. How much paint will he need for each of his 4 walls if he uses the same amount of paint on each? Bethany has some coffee that she wants to give to her friends. She wants to give 1/2 fraction of a pound of coffee to each friend. If Bethany has 6 pounds of coffee to give to her friends, how many friends can she share her coffee with?

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EXERCISE N° 1 A ribbon that is 22 3 4 inches long must be cut into 7 equal pieces. How long will each piece be?

How many pieces can Dean cut? EXERCISE N° 2 Dean has a piece of wood that is 3 4 of a foot in length. He needs to cut pieces that are 1 16 of a foot long. How many pieces can Dean cut?