Comparing Factors
3/5 x 1/10_____1/10
<
Less Than
1/6 x 3/4
3/24
Create an Area Model to find the product of 1/2 x 1/2
1/4
The answer to a multiplication problem is called____
The Product
Mrs. Kehler has a room that measures 3/4 long and 5/6 feet wide. What is the AREA of his room?
15/24 Feet Squared
5/5 x 2/3_____ 2/3
=
Equal to
1/5 x 1/2
1/10
Create an Area Model to find the product of 1/6 and 3/4
3/24
When I multiply, I ALWAYS get bigger, UNLESS I multiply by a ____.Why?
Unless I multiply by a fraction, because they are smaller than 1
4/9 of the animals at the zoo are mammals. 3/5 of the mammals are goats. What fraction of the animals at the zoo are Goats?
12/45 of the animals are goats
4/5 x 1/3 _____5/6 x 4/5
<
Less Than
4/10 x 5/7
20/70
2/5 x 3/4
6/24
Enter a whole number in each box to make a true number sentence.
?/6 x 25 < 25
1,2,3,4,5
3/5 of the food items on the lunch table are tacos. 1/3 of the tacos are chicken and the rest are beef. What fraction of the food items on the table are beef tacos.
6/15 of the items are beef tacos.
4/9 x 6____3/4 x 6
Less Than <
7/3 x 6/5
42/15
Solve the Product by using the Area Model
2/3 x 1/2
2/6
Enter a whole number in each box to make a true number sentence.
?/6 x 25 = 25
6
Mrs. Hall must make her costume for the school play. She needs a piece of fabric that is 1 and 2/3 yards long and 1 and 1/2 yards wide. What is the area of the piece of fabric Mrs. Hall needs?
2/14 (simplified = 1/7)
2/4 x 17____1/2 x 17
= Equal to
When Mrs. Hall Multiplied 1/2 x 3/4 she got the product of 5/4. Is he correct? If wrong, what was her possible mistake
She was wrong. She should have gotten 3/8. Mrs. Hall probably found like units before she multiplied, but we do not have to have the same denominator when we multiply fractions.
What does the word AREA in the phrase area model mean, and what does it tell us to ALWAYS do?
AREA means to find the inside of a shape. The word area will be on our leap test and it always means to MULTIPLY the Length times the Width.
Enter a whole number in each box to make a true number sentence.
?/6 x 25 > 25
Mrs. Kehler needs a carpet runner for her hallway. She needs it to be 1 and 1/3 feet wide and 4 feet long. What is the area of the carpet runner Mrs. Hall needs?
16/3 OR 5 and 1/3