Parts of a Whole
Justifying
Multiplying Fractions
100

12 piece circle/rectangle - Correctly shade in ½

6 parts shaded

100

For the problems listed below, which products will be greater than ½:

  1. ⅓ x ½

  2. ½ x 4/3 

  3. ⅛ x ⅘ 

  4. ⅚ x ⅞ 

2 & 4

100

A perfume company sells bottles of perfume. Each bottle contains ⅜ ounces of perfume. Select the three values that correctly represent the total amount of perfume, in ounces, in 6 of these bottles.

  1. 1 ⅛ 

  2. 2 ¼ 

  3. 6 ⅜ 

  4. 9/4 

  5. 18/8

  6. 16

2, 4, & 5

200

If I have a circle split into 10 equal sections and 7 are shaded, which fraction and decimal would represent the unshaded amount?

0.3

3/10

200

Order the following expressions from least value to greatest value.

19 x 3/3

19 x 1/2

19 x 3/2

19 x 2/3

19 x ½ 

19 x ⅔

19 x 3/3

19 x 3/2

200

Ellie multiplied 8 x ⅔ and got 16/24, which she reduced to ⅔. What error did Ellie make? What is the correct product?

She multiplied 8 with both the numerator and denominator.

16/3 or 5 1/3

300

Find an equivalent fraction to 4/10 with a denominator of 100. Explain how you found your answer.

40/100 - should show in work that they are multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number.

300

Explain why one solution is greater than 16, and one is less than 16.

  1. 16 x ¾ 

  2. 16 x 1¼ 

1. It is less than 16 because we are multiplying by a fraction less than 1.

2. It is greater than 16 because we are multiplying by a fraction greater than 1. 

300

Create a word problem and solve for the model shown:



2/7x 3/5 = 6/35

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