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Anne made a recipe for miniature bread loaves that called for of a cup of whole-wheat flour. If the recipe made 7 equal-sized loaves of bread, how many cups of whole-wheat flour did each loaf contain?

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of a cup
Option A
B
of a cup
Option B
C
of a cup
Option C
D
cups
Option D
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Jace walked a total distance of of a mile to school this week. If he walked the same distance each of the 5 days, how far did he walk each day?

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of a mile
Option A
B
of a mile
Option B
C
of a mile
Option C
D
miles
Option D
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A mouse traveled a total distance of of a mile in a maze over the past 3 hours. The mouse traveled the same distance each hour. To determine the distance that the mouse traveled each hour, Matt performed the calculations below.He concluded that the mouse traveled of a mile each hour. What is Matt’s error?

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Matt should have multiplied by 24 instead of dividing it by 3.
Option A
B
Matt should have multiplied by 3 instead of dividing it by 3.
Option B
C
Matt should have divided the numerator but not the denominator of by 3.
Option C
D
Matt should have divided the numerator and denominator of by 3.
Option D
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Leila bought 3 bananas, which weighed a total of of a pound. If each banana weighed the same amount, what is the weight of each banana?

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of a pound
Option A
B
of a pound
Option B
C
of a pound
Option C
D
of a pound
Option D
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Rema spent 6 days reading her book, completing the same fraction of the book each day. If she read a total of of her book after 6 days, what fraction of the book did she read each day?

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of the book
Option A
B
of the book
Option B
C
of the book
Option C
D
of the book
Option D
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Colin’s piano lesson is 45 minutes, or of an hour, long. If he practices 6 different songs and spends an equal amount of time on each song, what fraction of an hour does he spend practicing each song?

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of an hour
Option A
B
of an hour
Option B
C
of an hour
Option C
D
hours
Option D
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At Thanksgiving, Mrs. Jones overcooked the turkey so all but of it had to be thrown away. The 8 people at dinner that night each received an equal share of the remaining turkey. To determine the amount of the turkey that each person would receive, Mrs. Jones wrote the expression below.Which expression is equivalent to Mrs Jones’s expression?

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StartFraction 8 Over 10 EndFraction divided by 8
Option A
B
StartFraction 8 Over 5 EndFraction divided by 4
Option B
C
StartFraction 5 Over 4 EndFraction times 8
Option C
D
StartFraction 4 Over 5 EndFraction times 8
Option D
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Marie bought gallon of milk, which she finished after 6 days. If she drank the same amount of milk each day, how many gallons a day did she drink?

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of a gallon
Option A
B
of a gallon
Option B
C
3 gallons
D
12 gallons
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Eduardo has a wooden dowel rod that is of a yard long that he needs to cut into 24 equal-length pieces. What is the length of each piece of dowel rod?

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of a yard
Option A
B
of a yard
Option B
C
of a yard
Option C
D
of a yard
Option D

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