What you’ll learn to do: Multiply and divide mixed numbers and complex fractions

Feeding dogs at an animal shelter presents an interesting division problem.

Rufus volunteers at an animal shelter. Every morning, he feeds each dog [latex]\Large\frac{2}{3}[/latex] cup of food. If each bag of dog food contains [latex]25\Large\frac{1}{3}[/latex] cups of food, how many dogs can he feed with each bag? This may sound like a simple division problem, but Rufus will need to figure out how to deal with a mixed number, [latex]25\Large\frac{1}{3}[/latex], before he can find the answer. In this section, you’ll learn how to multiply and divide with mixed numbers and complex fractions.

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