Multiplying Fractions
1/2 * 2/3
2/6 or 1/3
1 1/2 * 1/2
3/4
5/8 * 6
30/8 or 3 6/8
2/4 divided by 3
2/12 or 1/6
Ms. G has some lemonade. Each cup of lemonade has 3/4 pint of lemonade. How many pints of lemonade would be in 6 cups?
18/4 or 4 2/4
2/5 * 3/4
6/20 or 3/10
3/4 * 2 3/4
33/16 or 2 1/16
6/9 * 9
54/9 or 6
6/8 divided by 4
6/32 or 3/16
Mrs. Siekman picks some cherries. She uses 1/5 of the cherries to make some pie. She gives 3/4 of the remainder to Mrs. Frey. She gives the rest to Mrs. Viviano. What fraction of the cherries does she give to Mrs. Vivano?
Use a model to solve.
1/5 to Mrs. Viviano
3/4 * 8/9
24/36 or 2/3
5 2/6 * 1/3
5/3 + 2/18 = 32/18 or 1 14/18
5 * 2/3
10/3 or 3 1/3
5/12 divided by 5
5/60 or 1/12
Mrs. Frey is growing plants in her garden. She plants vegetables on 3/4 of the garden. 2/3 of the vegetables are tomatoes. What fraction of the garden is tomatoes?
2/4 is tomatoes
10/15 * 3/4
30/60 or 1/2
5/6 * 3 1/3
50/18 or 2 14/18
2 1/3 * 2
4 2/3
9 divided by 1/3
27
Ms. Galluzzo has 3 1/2 pounds of butter. She uses 2/3 of it to make cookies. How much of the butter does she use to make cookies?
14/6 or 2 2/6
12/15 of 5/6
Find the reduced/simplified fraction
2/3
4/10 * 3 2/4
56/40 or 1 16/40
2 1/2 * 3
7 1/2
11 divided by 1/6
66
Ms. Galluzzo has 1/3 of a cheesecake. She divides this into 3 equal pieces to share with her students. What fraction of the whole cheesecake does each student get?
1/9 each