Multiplying Fractions
1/5 x 6
1 1/5
What is 1 divided by 2 written as a fraction?
1/2
A blanket measures 2 yards by 7/8 yard. What is the area of the blanket?
Draw a model.
1 3/4 square yards
A basket contains green marbles and red apples. 1/8 of the apples were green. All the green apples were packed equally into 5 bags. What fraction of al the apples was packed into each bag?
1/40
3/4 x 4
12/4
3
Draw a bar model to show 1/3 divided by 2
1/6
David painted his kitchen walls after he returned from work each day. If he took 5/6 hour each day for 5 days, how long did it take him to paint the walls? Express your answer in hours and minutes.
4 1/6
4 10/60
David took 4 hours and 10 minutes to paint the walls.
A jug contains 5/16 gallon of juice. Mr. Jacobs pours all the juice equally into 5 glasses. How much juice is there in each class?
1/16
What is the product of 9/10 and 5/6?
45/60
3/4
Divide 13/12 by 3
13/36
Sarah read 2/3 of a book over the weekend. She read 5/8 of what she read on Sunday. What fraction of the book did she read on Sunday?
She read 5/12 of the book on Sunday.
Some children at a party ate 3 pizzas. Each child ate 1/6 of a pizza. How many children were at the party?
18 children
27/8
3 3/8
Five divided by 1/8
40
Lisa had 23/8 meters of ribbon. She used 4/5 of it to tie some parcels. How many meters of ribbon were used?
23/10 meters, or 2 and 3/10
David has 7 meters of ribbon. He cuts the ribbon into pieces of 1/2 meter each. How many pieces of ribbon does David get?
14 pieces
2 3/5 x 3 1/4
8 9/20
12 divided by 1/4
48
Donald planned to take 11/3 hours to paint a room. He only took 3/5 of the planned time to paint the room. How long did Donald take to paint the room?
2 and 2/10 hours
Eight identical flasks are completely filled with water. Water from 1/4 of each flask fills a cup completely. How many of these cups are needed to hold all the water from the flasks?
32 cups