Multiplying Fractions
12 x 5/12
60/12 or 5 wholes
There is 1/2 remaining of a cake. 3 friends will EACH cut an equal amount of cake to eat.
What equation can be used to determine the fraction of the cake each friend will receive?
*extra pts for solving too*
1/2 ÷ 3 = 1/12
12 yards (yd)= ___ feet (ft)
36 ft
Shane spent $15.45 on a shirt, $21.99 on a pair of pants, and $12.15 on a hat. What is the best estimate for the amount of money in dollars Shane spent?
$50
the number above the line, and it tells you how many parts of a whole there are
Numerator
Jacqueline works 5 days a week. She spends 1/3 of each day at work.
Write an expression (EQUATION) that can be used to determine the number of days Jacqueline works each week?
5 x 1/3 or 1/3 x 5
What is the value of this expression?
1/5 ÷ 30 = ?
16 pints(pt)= ___ quarts (qt)
8 qt
Mr. Gillis drove 577.2 miles. Mr. Lopez drove 156.4 miles. About how many more miles did Mr.Gillis drive than Mr. Lopez?
400 miles
This number tells us how many TOTAL EQUAL parts a whole is divided into and is below the fraction line
Denominator
Weather delayed 4/6 of the 24 flights departing from an airport.
How many flights departing from the airport were delayed by weather?
16
Tommy bought 3 cups of blueberries. He will eat 1/2 cup of berries each day. How many days can Tommy eat the blueberries before they are all gone?
6
Fabio drinks 2 quarts of water each day. How many cups of water does Fabio drink each day?
8 cups
A company makes 625 cell phone cases each day. How many phone cases does the company make in 31 days?
19,375
a number that combines a whole number and a fraction
Mixed number
Darren worked for 3 weeks. He worked 3/7 of each week at his home office.
Determine the number of weeks Darren worked from his home office over these 3 weeks.
9/7 (improper fraction)
or
1 2/7 (mixed number)
There are 16 pies of a picnic table
- Each pie is cut into pieces
- Each piece is 1/8 of a pie
How many pieces of pie are on the picnic table?
128 pieces
The length of one wall in Mr.Shelby's classroom is 29 feet. What is the length of this wall in inches?
348 inches.
Tickets for a school event were sold for $18 each. A total of $4,554 was collected from these tickets sales/ How many tickets were sold for this event?
253
a fraction where the numerator (top number) is greater than or equal to the denominator (bottom number)
Improper fraction
What is 3/5 of 15?
45/15 or 3
Cyril put a TOTAL of 1/8 lb. of gravel into 6 fish tanks. He put the same amount of gravel into each tank. How many pounds (lb.) did Cyril put into each fish tank?
1/48 lb
The length of two insects are given below.
- Ladybug: 10 millimeters
- Walking stick: 30 centimeters
What is the difference in length of these two insects in millimeters?
290 mm
Apen added 14 to the product of 224 and 26. What is the sum?
3,598
a fraction where the numerator and denominator are swapped
reciprocal