Multiplication of Fractions
2/3 x 8
16/3 or 5 1/3
1/2 ÷ 3
1/6
6.55 ÷ 5
1.31
Write an expression and evaluate.
One-third the sum of 6 and 3
1/3 x (6 + 3) = 3
3/4 x 2/5
6/20 or 3/10
4 ÷ 1/5
20
8.84 ÷ 0.68
1.3
Three friends go to the farmer's market. Ashlee spends $8.25. Natalie spends 4 times as much as Ashlee. Patrick spends $9.50 more than Natalie. How much does Patrick spend?
$42.50
Four hamburgers each contain 1/5 pound of beef. Altogether, how much beef do the hamburgers contain?
4/5
Eight granola bars were shared equally by 3 children. How much did each child receive?
8/3 or 2 2/3
Ryan earns $20.16 working for 3 hours. How much money does he earn per hour?
$6.72
A glass can hold 3 1/3 cups of water. A bowl can hold 2 3/5 times the amount in the glass. How many cups can a bowl hold?
8 10/15 or 8 2/3
At the aquarium, 3/4 of the animals are fish. Of the fish, 1/3 are clownfish. What fraction of the animals at the aquarium are clownfish?
3/12 or 1/4
Kyle made a loaf of banana bread. He gave equal portions of 1/2 of the loaf to 4 friends. What fraction of the whole loaf of banana bread did each friend get?
1/8
Jacob walks 70.4 feet in 0.2 hour. If he walks at the same rate the whole time, what is his speed in feet per hour?
352 feet per hour
Tim and Sue share a pizza. Time eats 2/3 of the pizza. Sue eats half as much of the pizza as Tim does. What fraction of the pizza does Sue eat?
2/6 or 1/3
A coffee table is 2 1/2 feet long and 1 1/4 feet wide. What is the area of the coffee table?
3 1/8 feet
Melvin has 1/2 of a cake. He shares the cake equally with each of 2 friends and himself. Write a equation to represent the fraction of the whole cake that each of his friends get.
1/2 ÷ 3 = 1/6
Meghan earns $20.00 by walking dogs. She uses all of her earnings to buy a shirt for $12.85 and some stickers for $0.65 each. How many stickers does she buy?
11
Madelyn has 3 watermelons that she cuts into halves to give to her neighbors. How many neighbors will get a 1/2-size piece of watermelon?
6