Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers
Estimating Products.
Multiplying Fractions
Multiplying Mixed Numbers
Multiple Step Problems
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Find the product of 8 x 2/3.
Answer: 5 and 1/3
100
Estimate: 3/4 of 13. Explain how you got your answer.
Answer: 9
100
Find the product: 7/10 multiplied by 3/7
Answer: 3/10
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Find the product: 1 and 3/8 multiplied by 12 and 5/8
Answer: 17 and 1/20
100
Two fifths of the cartoon characters in a movie are ducks and 3/8 of the ducks are females. What fraction of the cartoon characters in the movie are female ducks?
Answer: 3/20
200
Find the product: 9/10 of 30
Answer: 27
200
Estimate: 4 x 7 and 4/5 and explain how you got your answer.
Answer: 32
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Find the product: 10/12 multiplied by 3/5
Answer: 1/2
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Find the product: 7 and 5/9 multiplied by 2 and 7/8
Answer: 21 and 13/18
200
Jenny writes 2 and 2/3 pages a day for a week. Heather writes 4 pages a day for a week. How many more pages does heather write than Jenny in a week? Write down the hidden questions and solve!
Answer: 1. How many pages does Jenny write in a week? 2. How many pages does Heather write in a week? Final Answer: 9 and 1/3 pages
300
Find the product: 7/8 x 56
Answer: 49
300
Estimate: 5/8 times 6 using benchmark fractions.
Answer: 3
300
Find the product: 5/11 multiplied by 33/35
Answer: 3/7
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Find the product: 5 and 7/9 multiplied by 3 and 1/9
Answer: 17 and 79/81
300
Kelly identified 3/4 of 24 sea creatures in an aquarium. How many did she identify? Draw a model to solve the problem.
Answer: 18 sea creatures; sample model will include the total number of sea creatures in an aquarium and 18 identified sea creatures. (Can shade boxes to represent the identified sea creatures.)
400
Find the product: 5/9 of 72
Answer: 40
400
Estimate: 65 and 5/6 times 3 and 1/8
Answer: 198
400
Find the product: 82/230 multiplied by 4/6
Answer: 82/345
400
Evaluate the following expression for R = 2 and 1/4 2 and 1/5 R (2 and 1/5 (x) R)
Answer: 4 and 19/20
400
Each day, Gina feeds Fiona 3 and 1/2 cups of dog food and Felix 2 and 3/4 cups of dog food. How many more cups of dog food does Gina feed Fiona than Felix each week. Write down the hidden questions and solve!
1. How many cups of dog food does she feed Fiona in a week? 2. How many cups of dog food does she feed Felix in a week? Answer: She feeds Fiona 5 and 1/4 more cups of dog food.
500
A recipe makes 120 soft pretzels. If Llene sprinkles parmesan cheese as a topping over 2/3 of the baked pretzels, how many cheese pretzels will Llene make?
Answer: Lenne will make 80 cheese pretzels.
500
Sara has 14 postcards that are each 3/8 foot wide. Estimate the width of these postcards placed side by side.
Answer: 6
500
Adult horses have about 40 permanent teeth. If people have 4/5 this number of permanent teeth, how many permanent teeth do people have have?
Answer: 32
500
A snake is 9 and 1/2 feet long. Give the length of a snake that is 1 and 1/3 times as long.
Answer: 11 and 7/8
500
A gym charges $5.50 per class for exercise classes. If you join the gym for $60, exercise classes cost $1.50 each. which option costs less for 18 classes? Write down the hidden questions and solve!
Answer: 1. How much does it cost for the first option? $99 2. How much does it cost for the second option? $87; **The second option joining the gym, costs less. **
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