Vocabulary
Word Problems
What does it look like?
Dividing Fractions
Multiplying Fractions
100

The number on the bottom of the fraction

What is the denominator?

100

3 friends share a 1/2 a pan of brownies. What fraction of the whole pan will each person get?

What is 1/6?

100

2 friends share a whole pizza. How much will each person get? Draw a representation. 

What is 1/2.

100

Divide the fractions. 6 ÷ 1/2

What is 1/12

100

Multiply the fractions. 1/4 x 5/6

What is 5/24

200

The number on the top of the fraction

What is the numerator?

200

You have 1/2 of a bag of pretzels and you want to share them equally among 4 people. How much of the bag does each person get?

What is 1/8 of a bag?

200

I run on a trail that is 12 miles. If I only run 2/3 of the trail on Monday, how many miles will I run?

What is 8

200

Divide the fractions. 4/5 ÷ 2

What is 2/5 or 4/10?

200

Multiply the fractions. 7 x 3/4

What is 21/4 or 5 1/4

300

A visual way to show the problem

What is a representation?

300

Angela wants to make muffins. It takes 1/3 cup of sugar to make one batch of muffins. If she has 3 full cups of sugar, how many batches can she make?

Solve and show a representation. 

What is 9 batches?

300

Emily walks 5/6 of a mile to get to school. After 5 days, how many miles will she have walked?

What is 50/6 or 8 2/6

300

Divide 6 ÷ 1/4

What is 24?

300
Multiply the fractions. 3/5 x 10
What is 6
400

DAILY DOUBLE! The answer to a multiplication problem and the answer to a division problem

What are the product and the quotient?

400

Elena bought 3 pineapples that each weighed about 1 2/3 pounds. How many pounds of pineapple did she buy?

What is 5 pounds?

400

5 friends want to share 3/4 of a cake. How much cake will each person get?

What is 3/20

400

Divide 1/2 ÷ 8

What is 1/16

400

Multiply the fractions. 2/3 x 3 2/3

What is 10/3 or 3 1/3?

500

The correct way to read a multiplication sign when using fractions. 

What is groups of or of

500

DAILY DOUBLE!  Clare plays her favorite song 6 times on repeat while she gets ready for school in the morning. If the song is 3 9/10 minutes long, how long does it usually take Clare to get ready in the morning?

What is 23 4/10 or 23 2/5?

500

Ann owns 3/5 acres of land. She plants corn on 3/4 of that land. How much of the total acre is planted with corn?

What is 9/20

500

Divide 2 ÷ 1/5

What is 10?

500

Multiply the fractions. 5 3/4 x 2/4

What is 16/4 or 4?

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