Word Problems

Unit 3, Chapter 7 Lesson 3.7a

 bakes. If she decides to make a
total of 5 cakes, how much butter

2 x

=
on Multiplication Quiz L
_________ Date: ___________ Score: ____
6
5
will she need?

5 of a pound of butter
3
r each. Use visual fraction models and

5 F 5
equations to solve each word

problem. x
=
4
C
Sophia needs of a pound of
butter for each cake that she
Jack, Juan, and Chi are having pie
H
for dessert. If they each eat of a
bakes. If she decides to make a pie, how much did the 3 friends eat

3 K 6
total of 5 cakes, how much butter altogether?
x
will she need?

=
5
5 of a pound of butter 9 of the pies
3 4
5 H x

= 15
4
Jack, Juan, and Chi are having pie
Melissa had $125. Method One: Amount Saved
2
She spent — of
5 2 3
She spent — of the money and saved —
the money and 5 5

saved the rest. 25

3 3 x 125
How much x 125 = = 75
5 5 1
money did she
She saved $75.
save?
Melissa had $125. Method Two: Amount Spent
2
She spent — of 2
5 She spent — of the money.
5
the money and
saved the rest. 25
2 2 x 125
How much x 125 = = 50
5 5 1
money did she
125 - 50 = 75
save?
Melissa had $125. Method Three: Bar Model
2
She spent — of 125
5
the money and
saved the rest.
How much 5 units = 125
money did she 1 unit = 25
save? 3 units = 75
There are 96 Bar Model

lizards in a 96
5
library. — of
8
them are
green. How
8 units = 96
many are not
green?
3 units = 36
 David had $40. Bar Model
1
He spent — of
5
40
the money on a
storybook and
3
— on a calculator.
10
How much did ? 10 units = 40
he spend
altogether? 5 units = 20
Scott had some Bar Model
eggs. He sold
?
five eights of
them. If he sold
300 eggs, how
many eggs did 300
5 units = 300
he have at first?
8 units = 480
 Workbook
Exercise 13 - 14
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Unit 3, Chapter 7 Lesson 3.7a