Multiplication of a whole number by a fraction
What is the product of 3 multiplied by 1/2?
1 and a half
Evaluate: 1/4 + 2/4.
3/4
Calculate: 2/3 * 3/4.
1/2
A recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon of salt. If you want to make 3 batches, how much salt do you need in total?
1 1/2
What is 3/4 รท 2?
3/8
Simplify: 4 * 3/5.
2 2/5
Solve: 3/8 of 32.
12
Simplify: 5/6 * 1/2.
5/12
Solve: 2.5 * 3/4
1 7/8
Virgil has 1/6 of a birthday cake left over. He wants to share the leftover cake with three friends. What fraction of the original cake will each of the 4 people receive?
1/24
If you walk 2/3 of a mile every day, how far will you walk in a week?
4 2/3
If you have 2/3 of a dozen apples and you eat 1/4 of them, how many apples did you eat?
2
If a picture frame is reduced by 1/3, and the new width is 3/4 of the original, what is the new scale factor for the width?
3/4
The price for an ounce of gold on September 23, 2013, was $1,326.40. A group of 10 friends decide to share the cost equally on 1 ounce of gold. How much money will each friend pay?
$132.64
If a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar and you want to make 4 batches, how much sugar do you need in total?
2 2/3
Solve: 2/3 x (4 + 1/2).
3
A rectangle is 4/5 ft long and 2/3 ft wide. What is the area of the rectangle?
8/15
In the fifth grade at Lenape Elementary School, there are 4/5 as many students who do not wear glasses as those who do wear glasses. If there are 60 students who wear glasses, how many students are in the fifth grade?
108
A restaurant's small salt shakers contain 0.6 ounces of salt. Its large shakers hold twice as much. The shakers are filled from a container that has 18.6 ounces of salt. If 8 large shakers are filled, how many small shakers can be filled with the remaining salt?
15
A gardener has 10 pounds of soil. He used 5/8 of the soil for his garden. How many pounds of soil did he use in the garden? How many pounds did he have left?
6 1/4 used. 3 3/4 left
In an auditorium, 1/6 of the students are fifth graders, 1/3 are fourth graders, and 1/4 of the remaining students are second graders. If there are 96 students in the auditorium, how many second graders are there?
12
Tiffany is sending a package that may not exceed 16 pounds. The package contains books that weigh a total of 9 3/8 pounds. The other items to be sent weigh 3/5 the weight of the books. Will Tiffany be able to send the package?
Yes, Her package weighs 15 pounds
At a factory, a mechanic earns $17.25 and hour. The president of the company earns 6 2/3 times as much for each hour he works. The janitor at the same company earns 3/5 as much as the mechanic. How much does the company pay for all three employees' wages for one hour of work?
$142.60
A group of 14 friends collects 0.7 pound of blueberries and decides to make blueberry muffins. They put 0.05 pound of berries in each muffin. How many muffins can they make if they use all the blueberries they collected?
14