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partially full.\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 67 |  57 |  17 |  17 | 47 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| If he reorganized the nails so each box had the same quantity, how full would each box be? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) The bags of candy below are fractions of a pound.\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |\n| 1 3 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\u003Cbr>If you were to redistribute the candy so that each bag had the same amount, how much would be in each? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5)[ 1](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5)[ 1-5](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5) 80 60  \n\n|  |  | 40 | 20 | 0 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\nMath  \nRedistributing Fractions  \nName: Answer Key  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>1) Look at the weight of the boxes below.\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  18⁄32 = 9⁄16 \u003Cbr>2.  16⁄32 = 1⁄2 \u003Cbr>3.  29⁄70 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reorganized the nails so each box had the same quantity, how full would each box be? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5) The bags of candy below are fractions of a pound.\u003Cbr>|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |\n| 1 3 4 3 4 2 4 2 3 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5\u003Cbr>If you were to redistribute the candy so that each bag had the same amount, how much would be in each? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n[www.CommonCoreSheets.com](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5)[ 1](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5)[ 1-5](www.CommonCoreSheets.com 1 1-5) 80 60  \n\n|  |  | 40 | 20 | 0 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\nMath  \nRedistributing Fractions  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>1) Look at the weight of the boxes below.\u003Cbr>If you were to redistribute the material in the boxes so that each box had the same weight, how much would each weigh?\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>2) The buckets below are 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