Multiplying Word Problem
There was 5/8 of a pie left in the fridge. Nicole ate 1/ 4 of the leftover pie. How much of a pie did she have?
5/8 × 1/4 = 5/32
Nicole had 5/32 of the pie.
Henry is making croissants. He has 18 pounds of dough. Each croissant is made from 1 8 pounds of dough. How many croissants can he make?
18 ÷ 1/ 8 = 144
The baker can make 144 croissants.
1 x 1/6=
1/6
6 ÷ 1/2
12
Brittany used 5/7 meters of yarn to string one notebook. If she has 70 meters of yarn, how many notebooks can she string?
70 ÷ 5/7 = 98 She can string 98 notebooks from 70 m of yarn.
490/5=98
Brittany took out 8 glasses and poured juice from the pitcher. The capacity of each glass is 3/10 liter. If there was enough juice for 6 glasses, how much juice was there?
3/10 × 6 =1 8/10 or 1 4/5
There was 1 4/5 or 1 8/10 liter of juice.
Rubyt is helping the chef to serve soup. The chef made 3 pots of soup and Rubyt is putting 1/16 cups of cream on top of the soup in each bowl. There are 12 cups of cream. How many bowls of soup can Rubyt help prepare?
12 ÷ 1/16 = 192
Rubyt can help prepare 192 bowls of soup
9 x 7/10=
6 3/10
3 ÷ 2/4
6
12/2=6
Rubyt has 21 meters of yellow ribbon and 42 meters of lace. For hat-making, she wants to cut the yellow ribbon into smaller pieces measuring 3/7 meters each. How many smaller ribbons will she have?
21 ÷ 3/7 = 49 She can have 49 smaller pieces of yellow ribbon.
149/3=49
There are 7/8 kilograms of salt in the kitchen. Miss. Sanchez used 2/15 of the salt when she was preparing dinner. How much salt did she use?
7/8 × 2/15 = 7/60 or 14/120
She used 7/60 (14/120) of a kilogram of salt
Each batch of cupcake mix requires 1/3 of a cup of milk. According to the recipe, the batch can make 12 small cupcakes or 8 large cupcakes. If Miss. Sanchez makes a batch of large cupcakes, how much milk is used for each cupcake?
1/3 ÷ 8 = 1/ 24
1/24 cup of milk is used for each large cupcake.
3/15 x 3/7=
9/105 = 3/35
2/3 ÷ 3
2/9
Julio has 6 liters of lime juice and 15 cans of soda. He poured the lime juice into plastic bottles such that each bottle contained 3/5 liters of juice with none left over. How many plastic bottles of juice did he have?
6 ÷ 3/5 = 10 He had 10 plastic bottles of lime juice.
30/3=10
Henry baked some cupcakes for his friends. He baked 24 cupcakes. Each cupcake is 2/15 pound. If he packed 6 cupcakes in each box, what is the weight of each box?
2/15 × 6 = 4/5 (12/15)
The weight of each box is 4/5 pounds
1/8 gram of copper and 1/3 gram of silicone is used to manufacture 30 headphones. How much silicone is used in each pair of headphones?
1/3 ÷ 30 = 1/90
1/90 gram of silicone is used in each pair of headphones.
7/18 x 11/25
77/450
3/8 ÷ 7/8=
24/56 = 3/7
Nicole has a box of milk powder that contains 10 servings, and each serving equals 6 scoops of milk powder. The weight of the box of milk powder is 3/4 kilograms. What is the weight of each serving of milk powder?
3/4 ÷ 10 = 3/40 Each serving of milk powder weighs 3/40 kgs.
According to a recipe, 9/20 oz of sugar is needed to make 6 cookies. Julio decided to use only a third of the sugar to make it healthier. How much sugar did Julio use?
9/20 × 1/3 = 3/20 (9/60)
He used 3/20 (9/60) oz of sugar.
To make sure the machines in the factory run smoothly, the mechanics need to add 1/5 liter of oil to the machine every Monday. One Monday, a mechanic can only find 12 liters of oil in the storage. Is there enough oil for 65 machines?
12 ÷ 1/5 = 60
12 liters of oil is enough oil for 60 machines. There is not enough oil for 65 machines.
11/20 x 4/14
44/280 = 11/70
5/10 ÷ 6/12
1
BONUS
Yesterday, Miss. Sanchez finished 6/7 of her realistic oil painting on a wooden canvas in 4 hours. What part of her painting was finished after an hour? After 3 hours?
6/7 ÷ 4 = 3/14
3/14 of the painting was finished after an hour.
3/14 x 3 = 9/14
9/14 of the painting was finished after 3 hours.