Multiplying Whole by Fraction
6 x 2/3
What is 12/3 or 4 Wholes?
Javier is training for a race in a couple of months. He runs 2/5 of a mile each day for 8 days. How many total miles did Javier run?
What is 16/5 miles or 3 wholes and 1/5 miles?
6 ÷ 1/3=
What is 18?
1/4 ÷ 3=
What is 1/12?
Mr. Bolden has 5 pieces of construction paper for his students. Each student will receive 1/3 of a piece of construction paper. How many students will receive 1/3 of a piece of construction paper.
What is 15 students?
Abby was using cubes to make a tower. Each cube measured 5/8 inch tall. She was able to stack 8 cubes before the tower fell over. How tall was the tower before it fell?
What is 40/8 inches tall or 5 wholes inches tall?
Simon runs daily. He runs 4/5 of a mile every day. How many miles will he run in 7 days?
What is 28/5 miles or 5 wholes and 3/5 miles?
Julia has 8 yards of fabric. She used 1/3 yard of fabric to make one small placemat. How many placemats did she make?
What is 24 placemats ?
Cassie has ½ yard of ribbon to make 4 bows. How much ribbon is used for each bow if each uses an equal amount?
What is 1/8 yard of ribbon?
Matt has a 5 pound bag of apples. He needs 3/5 of the bag to make cobbler. How many pounds of apples will be used for the cobbler?
What is 15/5 pounds of apples or 3 pounds of apple?
Jacob and his dad are making flags for a scouting project. They are going to make 9 flags and need 2/3 yard of cloth for each flag. How many yards of cloth will they need?
What is 18/3 yards of cloth or 6 wholes yards of cloth?
There are 32 students in Mr. John’s class. If 5/8 of the students are boys, how many of the students are girls?
What is 12 girls?
Kayla made cupcakes and now she wants to frost them. It takes 1/3 cup of frosting to frost each cupcake. She has 4 cups of vanilla frosting. How many cupcakes can she frost?
What is 12 cupcakes?
There is 1/2 of a cake left. 8 people are going to share it equally. What fraction of the whole cake will each person get?
What is 1/16 of the whole cake?
Alex shot 36 free throw shots. He made 5/6 of his shots. How many shots did Alex make?
What is 30 free throw shots made?
Sean bought an 8 lb bag of dog food. He feeds his dog 3/4lb of food every day until all the dog food is gone. For how many days did Sean feed his dog?
What is 24/4 days or 6 wholes days?
Sarah went on an 8 mile hike with her friends. After they had traveled 2/3 of the distance, Sarah and her friends decided to stop and take a break. How many miles had they traveled when they stopped to take a break?
What is 16/3 miles or 5 wholes and 1/3 miles?
Roberto is cutting 3 loaves of homemade bread into halves to give to his neighbors. How many neighbors can he give 1/2 loaf of bread?
What is 6 neighbors?
Abby is sharing 1/3 bag of popcorn with her 3 friends. How much of the bag of popcorn will each person get?
What is 1/12 of the bag of popcorn?
Pablo is on a select soccer team. His team, the Strikers, has 27 games this season. They have already played 2/3 of the games. How many games do they have left in the season before playoffs occur?
What is 9 games?
Keesha spends 15 minutes every day warming up for basketball. She spends 3/4 of the time stretching. How much time does Keesha spend stretching?
What is 45/4 minutes or 11 wholes and 1/4 minutes?
Mr. Bolden's class had 18 students. On Tuesday, 5/6 of his students went on a fieldtrip. How many students did not attend the fieldtrip?
What is 3 students?
Jimmy had 45 yards of fabric. He used 1/5 yard of fabric to make one small blanket. How many blankets did he make?
What is 225 blankets?
Harper had one-third of a birthday cake leftover. 5 friends shared the remaining cake equally. Write an equation and solve how much of the cake did each friend eat?
What is 1/3 ÷ 5= 1/15 of the cake?
John and four other students equally share 1/4 pound of popcorn. How much of a pound of popcorn did each student get?
What is 1/20 pound of popcorn?