standard_description: Understand that rational expressions form a system analogous to the rational numbers, closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by a nonzero rational expression; add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational expressions.
problem_activity: Problem 1
There are a few more ingredients in Lin’s family recipe for cookies, listed below. Write an addition equation and a multiplication equation to show how she can use the
$$\frac14$$
-cup measure to measure the amount of each ingredient below.
a.
$$\frac94$$
cups chocolate chips
b.
$$2\frac34$$
cup flour
Problem 2
Decompose each of the following fractions as a sum of unit fractions, a multiple of a unit fraction, and a sum of non-unit fractions.
a.
$${{8\over2}}$$
b.
$$3\frac{1}{4}$$
c.
$${{12\over5}}$$
Problem 3
Compose each of the following expressions.
a.
$${{1\over3}+{1\over3}+{1\over3}+{1\over3}+{1\over3}+{1\over3}}$$
b.
$${{3\over5}+{2\over5}+{6\over5}}$$
c.
$$12\times\frac{1}{4}$$
d.
$$9\times\frac{1}{2}$$


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