IXL | Multiply fractions and mixed numbers: word problems

Mackenzie operates an orange juice stand. On Monday she used 3 bags of oranges. On Tuesday she used 1/3 as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Mackenzie use on Tuesday?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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Yesterday, Kurt's Snack Shack went through 3 bottles of ketchup. If they used 1/3 as much mustard as ketchup, how many bottles of mustard did they go through?

Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.

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solution

Kurt's Snack Shack went through 1/3 times 3 bottles of mustard.

Multiply:

Write

as an improper fraction.

Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.

1 × 3

3 × 1

Simplify the product.

Kurt's Snack Shack went through 1 bottle of mustard.

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Lesson: Multiplying fractions

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