Finding a Fraction of a Whole Number
Write the verbal expression in symbolic form. Then evaluate and write your result as a whole or simplified mixed number.
Verbal Expression
Example: Paul worked of a 16 hour job.
How many hours did he work?
1
full. When full, it holds 29 gallons of gas.
7
How many gallons of gas were in the tank?
Sara's gas tank was
Trisha was planning on biking 17 milles. She biked
How many miles did she bike
of the trip and then stopped to rest.
before resting?
7
Debra used to make $15 an hour at her old job. She makes of this amount per hour at her new job.
How many dollars per hour does she make at her new job?
Symbolic Form
1
5
- 16
Simplified Produc
3 hours
gallons
miles
dollars per hour