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Maths · Grade 6 · Set C
Scoops of Every Size
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Remember: Cut the amount into pieces the size of the scoop. Count them, and any part of one.

Cut it into scoops

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Mia has 3/4 of a cup of rice. A scoop holds 3/8 of a cup. The bar is 1 cup in eighths, with the rice shaded. How many scoops is that? Answer:
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Leo has 5/6 of a pitcher of milk. A cup holds 1/12 of a pitcher. The bar is 1 pitcher in twelfths, with the milk shaded. How many cups is that? Answer:
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Pip has 5/6 of a pizza. Which picture shows the pizza cut into slices of 1/12 of a pizza?
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Ron has 1 1/2 meters of ribbon, marked on the line. Each bow uses 3/4 of a meter. How many bows is that? Answer:
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Mia has 5/6 of a cup of rice. A scoop holds 1/3 of a cup. How many scoops is that? A part of a scoop counts.
3 scoops2 1/2 scoops5/18 of a scoop1 1/2 scoops

When the scoop is bigger

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Leo has 1/2 of a pan of rice. A scoop holds 3/4 of a pan. What part of a scoop is that? Answer:
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Mia has 1/3 of a cup of rice. A scoop holds 2/3 of a cup. What part of a scoop is that? Answer:
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Join each division to how many scoops fit.
  1. 14/5 ÷ 2/5
  2. 22/3 ÷ 1/9
  3. 31/2 ÷ 1/16
  4. 49/10 ÷ 1/10
  • A6
  • B9
  • C2
  • D8
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3/4 ÷ 1/2 = 1 1/2
TrueFalse
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1/2 ÷ 1/4 = 1/8
TrueFalse

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Mia has 2 1/4 cups of rice, shown as two full bars and part of a third. A scoop holds 3/4 of a cup. How many scoops is that? Answer:
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Leo has 3 cups of rice, shown as three full bars. A scoop holds 3/4 of a cup. How many scoops is that? Answer:
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Explain why 3/4 ÷ 1/8 is bigger than 3/4, but 3/4 ÷ 3/4 is not.
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Answer key · Set C
Scoops of Every Size
12 3/4 is 6/8, so 6 eighths. A scoop is 3 eighths. 6 ÷ 3 = 2 scoops.
210 5/6 is 10/12, so 10 twelfths. Ten cups of 1/12 fit.
3A 5/6 is 10/12, so ten twelfths are shaded. B shows only 5/12, and C is cut into sixths, not twelfths.
42 1 1/2 is 6/4. Each bow is 3/4. 6 ÷ 3 = 2 bows.
52 1/2 scoops 5/6 is 5 sixths and 1/3 is 2 sixths. 5 ÷ 2 = 2 1/2 scoops.
62/3 1/2 is 2/4, and a scoop is 3/4. 2 is two thirds of 3, so the rice fills 2/3 of a scoop.
71/2 The scoop holds 2 thirds, and the rice is 1 third. 1 is half of 2, so the rice fills 1/2 of a scoop.
81-C, 2-A, 3-D, 4-B Write both with the same bottom number, then count how many of the small piece fit.
9True 3/4 is 6/8 and a half is 4/8. One half fits, with 2/8 left over, which is half of another. 1 1/2 in all.
10False One half is two fourths, so two scoops of 1/4 fit: 1/2 ÷ 1/4 = 2.
113 2 1/4 is 9/4. Nine fourths in scoops of three fourths: 9 ÷ 3 = 3.
124 3 cups is 12 fourths. A scoop is 3 fourths. 12 ÷ 3 = 4 scoops.
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