Fraction of a Whole
Fraction of a Whole
Fraction of a Fraction
Fraction of a Fraction
Word Problems
100

1/3 times 5

5/3 or 1 2/3

100

2/4 times 4

8/4 or 2

100

1/3 times 1/5

1/15

100

1/4 times 1/4

1/16

100

Mr. Yankello painted  2/3 of a wall.  1/4 of the paint was blue. What fraction of the wall is blue?

 1/6 of the wall was blue.

200

2/5 times 6

12/5 or 2 2/5

200

2/5 times 3

6/5 or 1 1/5

200

2/8 times 3/4

3/16

200

4/5 times 4/5

16/25

200

Lena is packing for a camping trip. She fills  3/4 of a bag with trail mix.  4/5 of the trail mix is peanuts. What fraction of the bag is peanuts?

 3/5 of the bag is peanuts.

300

3/5 times 12

36/5 or 7 1/5

300

4/6 times 8

32/6 or 5 2/6

300

5/8 times 2/4

5/16

300

3/4 times 2/3

1/2

300

At basketball practice, Jason made  5/6 of his shots. Of those shots,  2/5 were made with his eyes closed. What fraction of his shots were made with his eyes closed?

 1/3 of his shots were made with his eyes closed.

400

5/8 times 15

75/8 or 9 3/8

400

6/5 times 12

72/5 or 14 2/5

400

4/3 times 3/2

2/1 or 2

400

5/2 times 2/6

5/6

400

 4/6 of the animals at a zoo are mammals.  2/8 of the mammals are lions. What fraction of the animals are lions?

 1/6 of the animals are lions.

500

8/9 times 12

96/9 or 10 6/9

500

8/3 times 10

80/3 or 26 2/3

500

8/3 times 5/2

20/3 or 6 2/3

500

9/8 times 4/3

3/2 or 1 1/2

500

Lindsay paints  4/5 of a wall.  1/6 of the wall is orange and the rest is blue. What fraction of the wall is blue?

 2/3 of the wall is blue.