Multiplying Fractions
Willow has 3/4 yard of ribbon. She uses 2/3 of the ribbon to make a bow. How many yards of ribbon does Willow use to make a bow?
*Do not simplify
6/12
Mateo has 5 pints of blueberries. He divides the blueberries into 1/4-pint servings. How many servings does he make?
20 servings
What is the product of 7 and 2.1?
14.7
A teacher has a stack of booklets that is 3.6 centimeters tall. The thickness of each booklet is 0.72 centimeter. How many booklets are in the stack?
5 booklets
Solve. 2/3 x 1/3
2/9
Anne has a 1/4-cup scoop that she uses to pour sunflower seeds into bags. She uses one full scoop for each bag. Anne has 7 cups of sunflower seeds. How many bags can she fill?
7 divided by 1/4 =
28 bags
What is the product of 6 and 9.7?
58.2
A teacher has a stack of booklets that is 4.2 centimeters tall. The thickness of each booklet is 0.5 centimeter. How many booklets are in the stack?
8.4
A rectangular cork board is 2/3 yard wide and 10/9 yards long.
What is the area of the cork board in square yards?
20/27 square yards
Russell wants to ride 2 miles on his bike. Each lap around his block is 1/10 mile. Russell wants to figure out how many laps he needs to ride.
How many laps around the block does Russell need to ride his bike?
20 laps
Ava buys 3 pounds of nuts. The nuts cost $5.21 per pound. Amanda wants to know the total cost of the nuts. How much do the nuts cost in all?
$15.63
7.5 divided by 0.5
15
A hiking trail is 2 3/5 miles long. Lucy walks 1/2 of the trail before stopping for a water break. How many miles does Lucy walk before stopping?
1 3/10
Manny has a piece of ribbon that is 1/3 yard long. He cuts it into 2 equal lengths to make bookmarks. How long is the piece of ribbon used for each bookmark?
1/3 divided by 2=
1/6 yard
Amanda buys 2.5 pounds of nuts. The nuts cost $4.36 per pound. Amanda wants to know the total cost of the nuts. How much do the nuts cost in all?
$10.90
23 divided by 0.23
100
Solve. 1 3/7 x 2 2/3
80/21
Shane has 2 1/4 pints of strawberries. He divides the blueberries into 2/3-pint servings. How many servings does he make?
27/8 servings
Amos says that the product n× 3/4 is greater than 3/4 because a product is always greater than its factors. Which of the following values for n show that Amos is incorrect?
a. 9/8
b. 5/5
c. 3/2
d. 4
b. 5/5
2.25 divided by 1.25
1.8