Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Basic Problems
Divide or Multiply?
Model Drawing
100
1/4 of 8/9
What is 2/9?
100
1/3 divided by 2
What is 1/6?
100
Sarah had a piece of ribbon 1/2 m long. She used 1/3 of it to tie a box. This gives the length of the ribbon used.
What is 1/6 m?
100
This tells how many 1/2 hour periods make up 4 hours.
What is 8?
100

Asher has 1/2 ton of mulch to spread equally in 8 square yards.  How many tons of mulch will be spread in each square yard?

What is 1/16 ton?

200
1/3 of 6/7
What is 2/7
200
4/9 divided by 8
What is 1/18?
200
Chef Lieu bought 4/5 kg of eggplant. He cooked 3/4 of it in a dish. This tells how much eggplant he cooked.
What is 3/5 kg?
200
This tells how many 1/4 lb. bricks there are in a box holding 3 lbs. of bricks.
What is 12?
200

Marty has 1/2 pound of raisins to divide equally into 10 different bags.  What fraction of a pound will be in each bag?

What is 1/20 pound?

300
9/10 X 5/12
What is 3/8?
300
4 divided by 6/7
What is 4 2/3?
300
4 x 3/5

What is 2 2/5?

300
Kiera used 6 m of string to tie some packages. She used 2/3 m for tying each package. This tells how many packages she could tie.
What is 9?
300

Barry has $55  He used 2/5 of his money to buy a new pair of running shoes.  How much did Barry spend on his new shoes?

What is $22?

400

4 4/25 x 1 12/13

What is 8?

400
3/4 divided by 5/8
What is 1 1/5?
400

3/4 x 1/3

What is 1/4?

400
Chef Lieu had 2 kg of beef. He used 4/5 of it to make a stew. This tells how many kilograms of beef he had left.
What is 2/5 kg?
400

Iris spent 2 1/2 hours studying last night.  She spent 1/5 of this time studying science.  How much time did she spend studying science?

What is 1/2 h?

500

2 2/5 x 1/3

What is 4/5?

500
5/8 divided by 2/5
What is 1 9/16?
500

One-fifth of the text messages that Natalie sends are to her family.  She sends an equal amount of messages to her mom, dad, and sister.  What fraction of all the text messages she sends go to her sister?

What is 1/15?

500
Kevin cuts 6 pieces of tape, each 4/5 m long, from a roll of tape that is 5 m long. This tells how many meters of tape are left in the roll.
What is 1/5 m?
500

There is only one granola bar left out of a pan of 10 bars.  If Will and Rachel decide to split the last granola bar, what fraction of the entire pan of granola bars will each friend receive?

What is 1/20 of the pan of granola bars?