Multiplying Fractions
3 x 1/4
3/4
Diego completed 2/5 of his homework before dinner and 1/5 after dinner.
How much homework did he complete?
3/5
A student is coloring a picture.
In the morning, he colors 1/6 of the picture.
Later, he colors another 2/6 of the picture.
Question:
How much of the picture has he colored in total?
How much of the picture is left to color?
Final Answer:
Colored: 1/2
Left: 1/2
Write 3/5 as a sum of unit fractions.
1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5
Which fraction is greater: 1/2 or 1/3?
Show your work on a number line or Diagram
1/2
6 x 4/12
(For an extra 100 points, convert the fraction into a mixed number fraction)
24/12 or 2 wholes
A class finished 6/8 of a book. They read another 1/8
How much of the book have they read now?
7/8
A student is reading a book.
On Monday, she reads 2/8 of the book.
On Tuesday, she reads another 3/8 of the book.
Question:
How much of the book has she read in total?
If the whole book is 8/8, how much does she have left to read?
Final Answer:
Read: 5/8
Left: 3/8
Write 4/6 as a sum of unit fractions.
1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6
Which fraction is greater: 4/8 or 1/2?
Show you work on a number line or Diagram
Equal =
9 x 3/8
(For an extra 100 points, convert to a mixed number fraction)
27/8 or 3 and 3/8
What fraction can be added to the expression shown below to have a total value of one whole?
2/12 +7/12?
3/12
A group of students is walking laps around the playground.
In the morning, they walk 3/8 mile.
Later, they walk another 2/8 mile.
In the afternoon, they walk 5/8 mile.
Question:
How many miles did the students walk in total?
Then, if their goal was to walk 2 miles, how many more miles do they need to walk?
Show your work.
Final Answer:
Total walked: 1 1/4 miles or 10/8
More needed: 3/4
Represent 5/8 in two ways.
As sums of units and a diagram.
1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 +1/8 + 1/8
and
Draw a diagram of 1/8 - 5 times
Which fraction is greater: 3/5 or 1/4?
Show your work using a number line or Diagram
7 x 4 3/9
(For an extra 100 points, convert to a mixed number fraction)
28/9 or 3 1/9
Rosie combined 1 3/4 gallons of cranberry juice and 3/4 gallon of apple juice to make fruit juice.
How many gallons of fruit juice did Rosie make with the cranberry juice and apple juice?
(Must be converted to a mixed number fraction!!)
2 1/2
A recipe makes 4 servings of fruit parfait.
It uses 3/4 cup of yogurt
It uses 1/2 cup of granola
You want to make enough for 12 people.
How much of each ingredient will you need?
Show your work.
Final Answer:
Yogurt: 2 1/4 cups or 9/4
Granola: 1 1/2 cups or 3/2
Write 1 2/4 as a sum of unit fractions.
4/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 or it can be shown in other ways.
Which is greater: 7/8 or 5/6?
7/8
2 1/3 x 6 2/5
(You must convert to a mixed number fraction)
14 14/15
Two expressions are shown below.
Expression A: 1/4 × 2
Expression B: 1/2 × 5
Which expression, A or B, has a value greater than 1? Be sure to include the value of each expression in your answer.
Explain how you know your answer is correct.
Final Answer:
Expression B has a value greater than 1.
Explanation:
Multiplying 1/2 by 5 gives more than one whole, while multiplying 1/4 by 2 only gives half of a whole.
A group of students walk to school and to the park together 5 days a week. Each day, they start at Tia’s home and end at Tia’s home. The number of miles they walk each day is described below.
from Tia’s home to their school is 7/8 mile
from their school to the park is 5/8 mile
from the park to Tia’s home is 3/8 mile
What is the total distance, in miles, that the group of students walk together in those 5 days?
Show your work.
75/8 or 9 3/8
Write 2 1/3 as a sum of unit fractions.
3/3 + 3/3 + 1/3 or another way.
Which is greater: 2 1/3 or 2 2/5?
2 2/5