Multiplying
1/3 x 3/4
What is 3/12?
6/7 divided by 2/7
What is 3?
1/5 + 1/4
What is 9/20
Edward studies 5/6 hours each night. This tells how many hours he will study in 5 nights.
What is 1/6 X 5 = 5/6 hours?
To multiply two fractions together you follow this process
What is multiply the tops together and multiply the bottoms together
7/2 x 8/9
What is 56/18
5/8 divided by 3/8
What is 5/3?
4/5 + 2/3
What is 22/15
Martin has 5/6 of a loaf of banana bread. He gives half of it to his friend. This tells what part of the loaf he gives to his friend.
What is 1/2 times 5/6, which is 5/12 of the loaf?
A common denominator is
What is the lest common multiple
1/8 x 5/4
What is 5/32?
1/6 divided by 5/6
What is 1/5?
4/6-2/8
What is 5/12?
The 10 members of a hiking club will walk 9 miles. Each person will carry the food pack for an EQUAL distance. How far will each hiker carry the food pack?
What is 9 รท 10; 9/10 mile
To divide fractions you follow this process
What is keep the first fraction, change the sign to multiply, flip the second fraction over.
10/5 x 1/3
What is 10/15?
1/4 divided by 1/3
What is 3/4?
1/10 + 3/4
What is 17/20?
Barbara lives 12 miles from work. Linda lives 7/4 times farther from work than Barbara. This tell how far Linda lives from work.
What is 12 X 7/4 = 21 miles?
To change 4 into a fraction you would follow this process.
What is put a one below the 4
10/10 x 2/2
What is 1?
5/9 divided by 2/3
What is 5/6 or 15/18?
2/3-3/8
What is 7/24?
Holly has 13/4 pt of blueberries. She wants to make muffins. Each uses 1/8 pt of blueberries. This tells how many muffins Holly can make.
What is 13/4 divided by 1/8 , which equals 26 muffins.
To add fractions with different denominators you follow the following process
What is putting the two fractions on a common denominator and adding the numerators.