Multiplying Fractions
4/7 × 2/3
8/21
4 × 6 1/4
25
Keyshia is riding her bike on the Bay View Bike Path, which is 7/8 mile. Her bike got a flat tire 2/3 of the way down the path. How far did Keyshia ride?
7/12 mile
7/8 ÷ 1/8
7
Brenda makes wooden coasters. She cuts small round posts into 2/3 inch thick disks of wood. How many coasters can Brenda make from a post that measures 1/2 foot in length?
9 coasters
1/2 × 11/12
11/24
3 2/3 × 2 3/4
10 1/12
Vincent found a recipe for banana nut bread that uses 3/4 cup of macadamia nuts. If he wants to make only half of the recipe, how many cups of macadamia nuts should Vincent use?
3/8 cup
3/4 ÷ 1/16
12
How many 1/8 inch pieces of ribbon can be cut from a piece of ribbon that is 3/4 inch long?
6 pieces
2/5 × 1/4
1/10
7/8 × 4 1/6
3 31/48
In gym class, Matthew runs 3/4 mile. His gym teacher runs 3 times that distance. How far does Matthew's gym teacher run?
2 1/4 mile
9/10 ÷ 4/5
1 1/8
Laurel has 5/6 cup of rice. She wants to separate the rice into 1/3 cup servings. How many servings can Laurel make?
2 1/2 servings
8/9 × 9/10
4/5
1 1/2 × 2 3/4
4 1/8
On the track and field team, 3/8 of the members do hurdles. Of the members who do the hurdles, 4/5 also do the long jump. If there are 40 members on the track team, how many do both the hurdles and the long jump?
12 members
8/9 ÷ 3/4
1 5/27
When you divide 3/4 by 1/4 will the quotient be less than or greater than 3/4 ?
Greater than because 1/4 will flip and become 4/1 so now you are multiplying by a number greater than 1.
1/5 × 5/6
1/6
5 1/2 × 3 3/4
20 5/8
One World Trade Center in NYC is about 3 1/5 times as tall as the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. The Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. About how tall is One World Trade Center?
About 1,776 feet
11/12 ÷ 2/3
1 3/8
The amount of orange juice in a container is 9/10 gallon. You want to fill smaller 1/4 gallon containers. How many small containers can be filled with orange juice?
3 small containers with 3/5 left over