Fraction x Fraction
Compute 1/4 x 1/2
1/8
Solve 1/3 x 1 1/2
3/6 = 1/2
A rectangle has side lengths of 5 and 1/2 units. What is the area?
2 1/2 units squared
Multiplying 7 by 1/2 gives you a product smaller than 7. True or False?
True. You are talking part of a whole. Multiplying a whole number by a fraction equals a product smaller than the whole number.
Mia eats 1/3 of a candy bar and then eats 1/2 of what remains. What fraction of the original candy bar did she eat in the second step?
1/2 of the candy bar
What is the product of 3/5 and 2/3? Can it be simplified?
6/15, 2/5
2/5 x 2 1/4
18/20 = 9/10
Draw a model of a rectangle with side lengths of 2/3 and 1/4 inches. What is the area of the rectangle?
2/12 inches squared = 1/6 inches squared
Without calculation, which is greater? 3 or 3 x 4/3? Explain.
A whole number multiplied by a mixed number equals a product greater than that whole number.
3/8 cups of sugar
7/8 x 4/7. Solve and Simplify.
28/56 = 1/2
Solve 4/7 x 3 2/3. Convert your answer into a mixed number.
44/21 = 2 2/21
The length of a rectangle is 1 1/2 feet, and the width is 2/5 feet. Find the area of the rectangle.
6/10 feet squared = 3/5 feet squared
If you scale 5 inches by 3/5, what size does it become?
15/5 = 3 inches
A ribbon is 6 yards long. You need to cut pieces each of a length of 3/4 yard. How much ribbon in total is used if you cut 2/5 of the ribbon for decorations?
2 2/5 yards
What is 3/6 of 5/10?
15/60 = 1/4
5/8 x 4 1/2=
45/16 = 2 13/16
A rectangle has side lengths of 3/4 and 7/10 cm. What is the area?
21/40 cm squared
Explain why multiplying 4/3 x 1 is greater than multiplying 3/4 x 1?
Because you are multiplying a whole number by a mixed number (a number bigger than 1).
A rectangular tile measures 5/6 ft by 7/8 ft. If you need to tile an area that is 33 times the size of that tile, what is the total area you will cover?
24 3/48 ft squared
Multiply and express the answer in lowest terms. 11/12 x 6/11
66/121 = 6/11
Solve 1 3/5 x 2 2/7. What is the product? Is it an improper fraction that needs to be converted into a mixed number?
128/35 = 3 23/35
A garden bed is 2 1/3 yards by 1 2/5 yards. What is the area of the garden bed?
3 4/5 yards squared
A picture is scaled by 1 1/4. If the original width is 8 inches. Find the new width and explain why the result is larger.