Multiplying Fractions & Whole Numbers
6 x 2/3
What is 4?
3/4 x 1/2
What is 3/8?
8 divided by 2/7.
What is 28?
I have a piece of cloth that is 2/3 of a foot by 1/6 of a foot. This is the area of the piece of cloth.
What is 1/9 ft2?
I have 27 robots and 1/3 of them make noise. This many robots do NOT make noise.
What is 18?
18 x 3/5
What is 10 4/5?
2/3 x 2/3
What is 4/9?
3/4 divided by 9.
What is 1/12?
I have 16 cats, and only 3/8 of them have stripes. This many cats have stripes.
What is 6 cats?
I have 36 feet of fence and 3/4 of it is painted blue. This much of the fence is NOT painted blue.
What is 9 feet?
I have 27 robots and 3/9 of them make noise. This many robots make noise.
What is 9?
3/7 times 4/9 is [greater or less than] 3/7.
What is less than?
1/5 divided by 3/8
What is 8/15?
I have a stamp that is 3/5 of an inch wide and 1/6 of an inch tall. This is the area of my stamp.
What is 1/10 in2?
Mrs. Turner is making pasta for dinner. She has three packages of pasta. If it takes 1/5 of a package to feed one person, she can feed this many people with three packages.
What is 15 people?
2/3 of 22
What is 14 2/3?
1 2/3 x 1/2
What is 5/6?
4 1/2 divided by 2/5
What is 11 1/4?
It takes 1/4 of a cup of milk to make a batch of brownies. 5 cups of milk will make this many batches.
What is 20 batches?
Sara has 15 pencils. Only 1/3 of them have erasers. This many of Sara's pencils DO NOT have erasers.
What is 10?
I have 36 feet of fence and 3/4 of it is painted blue. This much of the fence is painted blue.
What is 27 feet?
Julia says that 2/5 x 3/4 is the same as 3/4 x 2/5. She is correct because of this property.
What is the commutative property?
3 1/4 divided by 2 4/5.
What is 1 9/56?
4 friends are sharing 1/3 of a cake. Each person gets this much of the whole cake.
What is 1/12?
Mr. Garcia is making 14 cupcakes. He has 5 cans of frosting, and it takes 2/5 of a can to frost one cupcake. This many cupcakes will NOT get frosted.
What is 2?
(note: 5 divided by 2/5 is 12 1/2, which results in 1 1/2 left over. Unless he frosts half a cupcake, 2 will remain unfrosted.)