Multiplying a Fraction by a Whole Number and a whole number by a fraction
Find the product: 6 x 2/3 =
What is 4 ?
Solve 3/8 x 1/4 =
What is 3/32?
Kim said that 3 x 3/4 is less than 3, Jake disagrees. Who is correct? Explain.
What is: Jake is correct 3 x 3/4 = 9/4 = 2 1/4 which is less than 3? When you multiply a whole number by a fraction that is less than 1, you will get a product that is less than the whole number you started with.
Solve by showing the model and by using the algorithm: 1/2 divided by 3.
What is 1/6?
Mrs. Porterfield has 6 Hershey's candy bars. She wants to share them evenly among 8 of her students. What portion of a candy bar will each student get ?
What is: Each student will get 3/4 of a candy bar?
Kenny ate 1/4 of 3 different types of pizzas. How much pizza did Kenny eat?
What is Kenny ate 3/4 of a pizza?
At the beginning of the school year, Mrs. Thompson's class did a survey. She found that 1/4 of her students were born in the winter. Of those students that were born in the winter, 1/5 of them were born in December. What fraction of her students were born in December?
What is: 1/4 x 1/5 = 1/20 of her students were born in December?
There are 4 apples that are cut into 1/5 sections. How many people can receive a 1/5 section?
What is 20 people?
Solve by completing the algorithm and showing the model: 1/3 divided by 3
What is 1/9? and the model of 1/3 divided into 3 equal sections, one of the sections will be 1/9.
Cindy is making 5 calzones. Each calzone requires 1/3 of a cup of marinara sauce. How much marinara sauce will Cindy need?
What is: Cindy will need 1 2/3 cups of marinara sauce ?
Ken drinks 2/7 of a carton of milk each day. How much milk does he drink in 3 days?
What is 6/7 of a carton?
Find the area of a playmat that is 2/3 meters long and 3/4 meters wide.
What is 1/2 square meters?
Jane has 3 yards of fabric. If it takes 1/8 of a yard of fabric to make a hat, how many hats can Jane make?
What is 24 hats?
Patrick has 5 pints of juice. He wants to put an equal amount of juice into 6 glasses, using all of the juice.
Write an equation which shows how to find the amount of juice, in pints, in each glass.
What is 5 ÷ 6 = 5/6?
Mrs. Morris ordered 6 packages of markers. In each set, 1 marker takes up 1/8 of the pack. All the packs are full. What is the total number of markers Mrs. Morris has in her 6 packs?
What is 48 markers?
Ms. Kimmel used 2 cups of flour to make cookies. If she wants to make 1/2 of the recipe, how much flour will she use?
What is 1 cup of flour?
Suzzie has 4/9 pounds of candy and wants to take 1/2 of the candy to school. How much candy in pounds will she take to school?
What is 2/9 pounds of candy?
In 3 days Wilson eats 2 pounds of dogfood, how many pounds of dog food does Wilson eat in 1 day?
What is 2/3 pounds of dogfood a day?
How many pounds of jellybeans will each person get if 3 people shared 1/5 of a pound of jellybeans equally?
(Hint: you are sharing 1/5 of a pound of jellybeans among 3 people)
What is each person will get 1/15 of a pound of jellybeans?
William was conducting a science experiment in class. If he was given 1/3 liters of vinegar to pour evenly among 8 beakers, how much vinegar will be in each beaker? (Hint: draw a model)
What is 1/24 liter of vinegar?
Janet is making pasta for herself and her 7 friends. If she needs 1/4 of a pound of pasta for each person, how much pasta will she need to make?
What is: 8 x 1/4 = 8/4 = 2 pounds of past?
Kevin has 2 liters of soda and drinks 3/4 of it. How much soda did Kevin drink?
What is 1 1/2 liters of soda?
Kim has 4 muffins, if she divides the muffins into 2/3 sections, how many 2/3 sections does she have?
What is 6?
Rowan had a pitcher of water that was 3/4 full. She wanted to put equal amounts of water into 3 small buckets. Write an expression (number sentence) that shows the amount of water in each bucket.
What is 3/4 ÷ 3?
What is the area of a triangle that has a base of 8 ft. and a height of 12 ft.? (a=1/2bh)
What is: 48 square feet?