Multiplying Fractions
A chain is 5 feet long and is dividing into 3 equal parts. How long is each part?
5/3
What is the product of 7 and 3.9
27.3
A fraction times a number less than one will ALWAYS be less than 1. True or False?
TRUE
A rectangular painting measures 1/2 yard and 5/4 yards long. What equation could you use to find the area?
1/2 x 5/4 = 5/8
Jamie worked for 3 hours as a lifeguard on Saturday. Every 1/4 hour the lifeguard changes places. How many times does Jamie change places?
12 times
Kelly buys 3.5 gallons of gas. The gas costs $3.74 a gallon. How much money does she spend on gas?
$13.09
A baker has 4 pounds of bread dough. He divides the dough into 1/8 pound loaves. How many loaves of bread can he make?
32 loaves of bread.
A fractions times a number greater than 1 will always make the original factor bigger. True or False?
True
A book shelf is 5/6 yard wide. The librarian lines up books on the bookshelf until its 2/3 OF the way fill. What length of the bookshelf does the librarian take up with the books?
10/18 yard
Dahlia is making hamburgers for a picnic. She estimates that she will use 1/3 pound of hamburger for each hamburger. How many hamburgers can she make from 6 pounds of hamburger meat?
18 hamburgers
what is 1 2/3 and 4 6/7
5 12/21
The magnets that a science teacher orders weigh a total of 5.2 pounds. Each magnet weighs .65 pounds. How many magnets does the science teacher order?
8 magnets
Vivien says that n x 4/5 will always equal to a number greater than 4/5 because multiplication always makes numbers bigger. What number could prove Vivien wrong?
any fraction less than 1
Amaya is painting a fence that is 4 1/2 meters long. She painted 3/4 OF the fence before stopping for lunch.
57/16 OR 3 9/16
a dirt bike course is 1/10 kilometer long. Complete the table below to show how many laps the biker would have to make in order to reach that total distance.
1 kilometer = ___ laps
2 kilometers = ___ laps
3 kilometers = ___ laps
1 kilometer = 10 laps
2 kilometers = 20 laps
3 kilometers = 30 laps