Multiplying Whole #'s By Fractions
9 x 2/5
What is
18/5
4/5 x 2/7
What is
8/35
In Joshua's class, 3/5 of the 25 students are boys. How many boys are in Joshua's class?
What is 15 boys?
4/7 divide 8/2
What is
8/7
Little Snail is going to visit his grandma, who lives 6 miles away. He can crawl 1/2 mile a day. How many days will it take him to get to his grandma’s house?
What is 12 days?
4 x 3/4
What is 3?
2/3 x 5/6
What is
10/18
London has 3/4 a liter of juice and she is sharing it with her friends. Together, they drank 1/2 of the juice. How much juice (in liters) did they drink?
What is
3/8 liters
3/4 divide 3/4
There is 1/4 of a pan of brownies left. Jake and his 3 brothers are going to share the 1/4 equally. What fraction of the pan of brownies will each of the 4 boys get?
What is
1/16
Solve and simplify
7 x 1/4
What is
1 3/4
5/6 x 5/6
What is
25/36
George and his mom decided to go for a long walk from their house to George’s grandma’s house. The total distance was 3 3/4 mile. They decided to stop 2/3 of the way to have a snack. When they stopped to have a snack, how far had they walked?
What is
2 1/2
5/6 divide 6/7
What is
35/36
Dorian had 1/2 of a bag of candy and shared it with 3 friends. What fraction of the bag of candy did each of the 4 children get?
What is
1/8
bag of candy?
Solve and simplify
3/4 x 11
What is
8 1/4
Solve and simplify
20/40 x 3/2
What is
6/8
Kayden has a toy robot collection and 4/7 of her 28 robots make noise. How many of Kayden's robots make noise?
What is 16?
4/8 divide 8/9
What is
9/16
John has 1/2 of a yard of rope. He wants to cut the rope into 3 equal pieces. What fraction of a yard will each piece of rope be?
What is
1/6
Solve and simplify
24 of
3/4
What is 18?
Solve the following and simplify
6/12 x 7/9
What is
7/18
Daniel lives 3/4 of a mile from his cousin. One day he rode his bike to his cousin's house. When he got 2/5 of the way there his bike broke and he had to walk the rest of the way. What part of a mile did he ride his bike before it broke?
What is 6/20 or 3/10?
8/12 divide 12/13
What is
13/18
Jade says that 8 ÷ 1/2 means the same thing as 1/2 of 8, so the answer is 4. Do you agree with her? Why or why not? Use numbers, labeled models, or words to explain your thinking.
What is Jade is incorrect. There are 2 halves in 1 whole, therefore there are 8 × 2 or 16 halves in 8 wholes. 8 ÷ 1/2 = 16