Multiplying Fractions

Lowkey

100

1/2 x 1/2

1/4

200

1/4 x 1/8

1/16

300

1/8 x 2/3

2/24 OR 1/12

400

4/5 x 1/10

4/50 OR 2/25

500

3/5 x 2/3

6/15 OR 2/5

Lowkey Tuff

100

Write 1 1/2 as and improper fraction

3/2

200

Write 2 1/4 as an improper fraction

9/4

300

1 2/3 x 8/9

40/27 OR 1 13/40

400

Abdimalik needs 2 2/3 cups of flour for a batch of cookies, and he wants to make 1 1/2 batches.  How much flour will he need?

DON'T FORGET TO CHANGE TO IMPROPER FRACTIONS FIRST!!!

24/6 or 4

500

Saedi swam 100 1/2 lengths of a pool!  Tomorrow, she wants to swim 3 3/4 times as much.  How many lengths will she swim tomorrow?

3015/8

Aura

100

See Slide 1

3/4 x 1/6 = 3/24 OR 1/8

200

See Slide 2

5/8 x 2/3 = 10/24 or 5/12

300

See Slide 3

3/5 x 3/4 = 9/20

400

Draw your own brownie pan model AND math sentence, and explain how you arrived at your answer.

Varies

500

Edin was playing volleyball, and 1/5 of the total 125 hits were by him.  If 1/25 of these was a successful bicycle kick, how many successful bicycle kicks did he have?  What fraction of the total?

1/125 were successful bicycle kicks.  1 was a successful bicycle kick.

Yappers

100

Cole was playing hockey, and of all the shots that were taken on goal, he hit 1/2 of them!  Of those, 1/3 ended up scoring.  What fraction of the total shots on goal resulted in a score by Cole?

1/6 of the shots

200

Of Tristan's large collection of fidgets, 2/5 of them are kept in his locker at school.  1/4 of those are shiny and spin.  What fraction of the total are shiny, spinny, and at school?

2/20 or 1/10

300

Madison has collected 2/3 of the total stickers!  Of those, 1/5 have a rainbow.  What fraction of the total have a rainbow?

2/15

400

Bellamy loves drawing dogs!  Of the total that she's drawn this year, 1/4 of them are on math and science quizzes.  Of those 1/4, 2/3 are of Bellamy's dog Scout.

What fraction of the total are of Scout?

2/12 or 1/6

500

Ella badgered Ms. Maisie about getting a sticker for 1/3 of the time she was in class.  She has only been successful 3/50 of that time.  What fraction of the time that Ella has bothered Ms. Maisie about getting a sticker have been successful?

3/150 or 1/50