Vocabulary
The answer to a multiplication problem is the ___.
Product
Find the product: 3 x 5/12
15/12
Mae is making 4 loaves of bread for a party. She uses 3/4 of a bag of flour for each loaf. How many bags of flour does she need for 4 loaves?
12/4 or 3 bags
Write the fraction as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction:
4/6
4 x 1/6
Explain what a unit fraction is and give an example.
A unit fraction is a fraction with 1 as the numerator.
Examples: 1/6 or 1/5
Find the product: 5 x 4/6
20/6
Gill puts grass seed on the floor of 3 identical goat enclosures. He uses 2/5 of a bag of seed in each enclosure. How many bags of seed does Gill use?
6/5 bags of seed (1 1/5)
Write the fraction as a product of a whole number and a unit fraction:
12/1012 x 1/10
Compare and contrast an improper fraction to a mixed number.
Improper fractions are fraction that’s greater than one and mixed numbers or numbers that have both a whole number and a fraction
Find the product. Write your answer as a mixed number.
3 x 4 1/412 3/4
Fergie is building a table. Each side has a border that is 2 2/8 feet long. What length of border does she need for all 4 sides?
9 feet of border
Write the first four multiples of the fraction: 5/8
5/8, 10/8, 15/8, 20/8
What is distributive property?
Distributive property is distributing the numbers or breaking the numbers apart to make it easier to multiply.
Find the product. Write your answer as a mixed number.
6 x 2 3/8
14 2/8
Jack is making a playlist to record on a laptop as background music for a slide show. He wants the playlist to last 10 minutes or less. Jack says he can record 4 songs that are each 2 2/3 minutes long. Is Jack correct? Explain.
No Jack is not correct.
Possible explanation: 4 x 2 2/3 =4 x 8/3 = 32/3. That is 10 2/3 minutes which is more than 10 minutes.
Which of the following are correct ways to express the product of five and 2 3/8? Select all that are correct.
A. (5 x 2) + (5 x 3/8)
B. (5 x 2) + 3/8
C. 5 x 19/8
D. 11 7/8
E. 10 3/8
A, C, D