Fraction x Fraction
Fraction x Whole/Mixed #
Word Problems
Converting and Simplifying
Grab Bag
100

2/3 x 6/8 

1/2 

100

2/5 x 6

2 2/5 

100

Peter walks 2 3/8 miles to school.  David lives 1/2 the distance to the school.  Does David live the same distance, closer, or further away than Peter?

Closer

100

9/12 = 

3/4

100

Ted has a gas can with 3 2/5 gallons of gas in it.  He used 1/3 of the amount in the can.  How many gallons did Ted use?

1 2/15 Gallons

200

3/8 x 4/9 

1/6

200

4/5 x 10 

8

200

Mrs. Connor brings in 24 doughnuts.  One fourth of them are chocolate.  How many are chocolate?

6 Doughnuts

200

1 1/5 = 

6/5

200

Li ordered 15 bagels.  One-third of them are plain.  How many bagels are plain?

5 Bagels

300

6/8 x 3/4

9/16

300

1 1/9 x 1 2/3 

1 23/27

300

Amanda is making ice cream.  The recipe calls for      4 2/3 cups of milk.  If she uses 6/7 of that amount, will she be using more than, less than, or a the same amount of milk?

Less than

300

29/5 = 

5 4/5

300

Jackson has 5 4/7 pounds of chocolate.  Jasmine has 1 1/2 of that amount.  Does Jasmine have more, less, or the same amount of chocolate that Jackson has?

More 

400

9/15 x 3/7

3/7 

400

3 3/4 x 4 1/2 

16 7/8 

400

In a shipment of T-Shirts, 5/8 of the shirts are purple and 1/4 are blue.  If there are 72 shirts, how many are purple or blue?

63 Shirts

400

115/9 = 

12 7/9 

400

6 3/5 x 4

26 2/5 

500

11/13 x 2/4

11/26

500

4 2/5 x 1 1/2 

6 3/5

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!! 

Sam bought a bag of seeds that weighs 3 1/2 pounds.  Of the seeds in the bag, 2/5 are sesame seeds and 1/3 are sunflower seeds.  How many pounds of the seeds are sesame or sunflower?

2 17/30

500

8 5/12 = 

101/12

500

Andrew has a carpet that has an area of 24 feet.  The width of the rug is 2/3 the length of the rug.  What is the width of the rug?

4 feet