Multiply Fractions
Without multiplying, decide if each expression is less than, greater than, or equal to 5/8 . Choose Less than 5/8 , Greater than 5/8 , or Equal to 5/8 for each expression.
8/8 x 5/8
equal to 5/8
Garrett has 7 pints of strawberries. He divides the strawberries into 1/3 -pint servings. How many servings does he make? Show your work
21 one third servings
What is the product of 7 and 8.6?
60.2
5.6 divided by 8
0.7
Chandra spends 15 minutes doing 4 math problems. She spends the same amount of time on each problem. How many minutes does she spend on each problem?
15/4 or 3 and 3/4 minutes on each problem
Without multiplying, decide if each expression is less than, greater than, or equal to 5/8 . Choose Less than 5/8 , Greater than 5/8 , or Equal to 5/8 for each expression.
3/4 x 5/8
Less than 5/8
Rex wants to ride 3 miles on his bike. Each lap around his block is 1/8 mile. Rex wants to figure out how many laps he needs to ride
24 one eighth servings
0.6 x 0.8
0.48
2.4 divided by 0.4
6
Roger has 4 gallons of orange juice. He puts the same amount of juice into each of 5 pitchers. How many gallons of orange juice are in each pitcher?
4/5 gallon
Without multiplying, decide if each expression is less than, greater than, or equal to 5/8 . Choose Less than 5/8 , Greater than 5/8 , or Equal to 5/8 for each expression.
9/8 x 5/8
greater than 5/8
Crystal is filling pots with soil to plant some flowers. She estimates that she needs 1/4 bag of soil for each pot. How many pots can she fill with 5 bags of soil? Show your work.
20 one fourth bags of soil
0.4 x 0.04
0.016
0.32 divided by 0.4
0.8
A bar that measures 8 inches long is divided into 5 equal parts. What is the length of one of those parts?
8 divided by 5 = 1 3/5
Rex wants to ride 3 miles on his bike. Each lap around his block is 1/8 mile. Rex wants to figure out how many laps he needs to ride.
3/8 of a mile
Grace has a 1/3 -cup scoop that she uses to pour sauce onto pasta. She uses one full scoop for each serving of pasta.
Grace has 7 cups of sauce. How many servings of pasta can she make? Show your work.
7 divided by 1/3 = 21 servings
6.6 x 0.02
0.132
6.5 divided by 0.25
26
Greg makes 27 ounces of potato salad to serve to 10 guests at a picnic. If each serving is the same size, how much potato salad does each guest receive?
2.7 or 2 and 7/10 pounds of potato salad
A bike trail is 5 1/10 miles long. Jade rides 1/4 of the trail before stopping for a water break. How many miles does Jade ride before stopping?
Jade rides 51/40 or 1 11/40 miles before stopping.
What would be a division problem that would give the same answer?
What would be a word problem that would match the division problem that equals 1/16
1/4 divided by 4
Example word problem: I have a 1/4 pound of peanut M and M's to divide among my 4 friends. How many pounds of M and M's would each friend get?
Layla buys 3.6 pounds of dried fruit. The dried fruit costs $4.55 per pound. Layla wants to know the total cost of the fruit.
The dried fruit costs $16.38
A diner serves a stack of potato slices that is 2.8 centimeters tall. The thickness of a potato slice is 0.35 centimeter. How many potato slices are in the stack?
2.8 divided by 0.35 = 8 slices
What is a division word problem that can be represented by 4/3
Possible answer: Three friends share 4 ounces of sunflower seeds equally. How many ounces of sunflower seeds does each friend get?