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Multiplying Fractions with Tape Diagrams
Word Problems
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100
True or false:
4 x 2 + 4 x 2/3 is greater than 3 x 2/3?
What is true?
100
Write the following expression in number form:
One-third the sum of 4 and 7
What is 1/3 x (4 + 7)?
100
Use a tape diagram to solve the following problem:
1/2 xx 6
What is 3?
100
Mrs. Bennett cuts brownies into 30 equal pieces. She gives two-fifths of the treats to her son and takes the rest to school. How many treats will Mrs. Bennett take to school? Use any method to solve.
What is Mrs. Bennett will take 18 treats to school?
100
Write an expression to match:
1/8 the sum of 23 and 17
What is
1/8 xx (23 + 17)?
200
True or false: (5 x 3/4) x 2/5 is equal to (5 x 3/4) x 2/7
What is false?
200
Write the following as an expression:
Five times the quotient of 2 and 4
What is 5 x (2 / 4)?
200
Use a tape diagram to solve the following problem:
1/2 xx 7
What is 3 1/2?
200
If Mrs. Arbuckle uses 1 2/6 cups of butter for a recipe. How many fluid ounces will she use? (Use your conversion chart, if needed).
What is she will use 10 2/3 fluid ounces of butter?
200
Write an expression to match:
2/3 of the product of 3/8 and 16
What is
2/3 xx (3/8 xx 16)?
300
True or false:
3 x (3 + 15/12) is less than (3 x 3) + 15/12
What is false?
300
Write the following as an expression:
One-sixth the difference between 2/3 and 2/8
What is 1/6 x (2/3 - 2/8)?
300
Use a tape diagram to solve the following problem:
3/4 xx 12
What is 9?
300
Mrs. Arbuckle uses the following recipe for Rice Krispy Treats. She decides to make 2/3 of the recipe.
2 cups melted butter
24 oz. marshmallows
13 cups Rice Krispy Cereal
How much of each ingredient will she need? Write an expression that includes multiplication. Solve by multiplying.
What is
300
Delaney bought 3 pounds of flour for her bakery in January. In August, she bought 3/4 the amount of flour. How much flour did she buy in August?
What is 2 1/4 lb. of flour?
400
True or false:
(3 x 5/4) x 3/5 is greater than (3 x 5/4) x 3/8
What is true?
400
Write an expression to match, then evaluate.
3 times as much as the sum of 3/4 and 2/6.
What is 3 1/4?
400
Use a tape diagram to solve the following problem:
2/5 xx 30
What is 12?
400
If the whole bar is 3 units long, what is the length of the shaded part of the bar? Write a multiplication equation for the diagram, then solve.
What is the shaded part of the bar is 2 1/4 units long?
400
Jenny's mom says she has an hour before it's bedtime. Jenny spends 1/3 of the hour texting a friend and 1/4 of the time brushing her teeth and putting on her pajamas. She spends the rest of the time reading a book. How many minutes did Jenny read?
What is 25 minutes?
500
True or false:
6 x (2 + 32/16) is equal to (6 x 2) + 32/16
What is false?
500
Circle the expression(s) that give the same products as 4/5 x 7
4 div (7 xx 5) 7 div 5 xx 4
(4 xx 7) div5
7 xx 4/5
4 xx7/5
4 div (5 xx 7)
What is
(4 xx 7) div 5
7 xx 4/5
4 xx 7/5
500
Use a tape diagram to solve the following problem:
1/3 of 2 feet = _____ inches
What is 8 inches?
500
Mr. Watts used 10 buckets to collect rainfall in various locations on his property. The following line plot shows the amount of rain collected in each bucket. Write an expression that includes multiplication to show how to find the total amount of water collected in gallons. Then solve your expression.
What is
500
Concord Auto Body is painting designs on a customer's car. They had 18 pints of blue paint on hand. They used 1/2 of it for the flames and 1/3 of it for the sparks. They need 7 3/4 of blue paint to paint the next design. How many more pints of blue paint will they need to buy?
What is they will have to buy 4 3/4 more pints of blue paint?