Practice
Complete these examples on your paper.  Hand it in for correction.
1. Mrs. Smith uses butter  that is packaged in one pound boxes with quarter sticks in each box.  She is making cookies for the fourth grade bake sale.  She needs 1 and 3/4 pounds of butter to make the cookies.
A. How many full pound butter boxes and how many extra sticks does Mrs. Smith need for the recipe?
B. How many quarter- pound sticks are needed?
2. Two and a half cups of flour are needed to make a pizza dough recipe.  Mrs. Jones lost her one cup measure.  She has a half cup measure that she will use.  How many half cup measures does she need for the recipe?
3.  Mrs. Brown’s fourth grade class is planning a pizza party.  There are 27 students in the class, and they decided to order the 8 cut pizza. If each student receives two pieces, how many pizzas do they need to order ?  Are there any slices left?  Draw a picture to show your work.