Multiplying Fractions
Multiplying Improper Fractions
Dividing Fractions
Problem Solving Set A
Problem Solving Set B
100
6/7 x 5/8
What is 15/28?
100
9/5 x 5/12
What is 3/4?
100
5 ÷ 1/4
What is 20?
100

Tyler is watering some plants.  He has 7 gallons of water.  He uses 2 gallons of water for a plot of land and uses the rest to water some potted plants.  If he uses 1/6 gallon of water for each potted plant, how many potted plants can he water?

30 potted plants

100
Mr. Young used 1 3/8 pounds of meat to make one pot of soup. He made 6 equal-sized pots of soup. How many pounds of meat did he use altogether?
What is 8 1/4 pounds?
200
2/5 of 10/11
What is 4/11?
200
25/4 x 10/8
What is 7 13/16?
200
4/7 ÷ 12
What is 1/21?
200
Stacy has some beads. 1/5 of the beads are blue, 1/2 of the remainder are yellow, and the rest are red. What fraction of the beads are red?
What is 2/5?
200
Mrs. Cook spent $420 on vacation. She spent 2/3 of the amount on a train ticket and 1/2 of the remaining amount on food. How much did she spend on the ticket and food altogether?
What is $350?
300
3/4 of 8/9
What is 2/3?
300
2 1/4 x 16
What is 36?
300
8/9 ÷ 4
What is 2/9?
300
Rachel baby-sits 2 1/2 hours a day. She is paid $10 an hour. How much does she get paid in a week?
What is $175?
300
A bus driver filled up 7/8 of his fuel tank for a trip. He used 6/7 of the fuel by the end of the trip. The capacity of his tank is 70 gallons. How much fuel did he use for the trip? Express your answer as a decimal.
What is 52.5 gallons?
400
7/12 x 9/14
What is 3/8?
400
2 5/6 x 15
What is 42 1/2?
400
Sally has 3 yards of fabric. She wants to cut it into pieces that are 1/9 yard long. How many pieces can she cut from the length of fabric?
What is 27 pieces?
400
A market sold 75 apples in one day. They sold 1/3 of the apples in the first hour and 2/5 of the apples in the second hour. How many apples did they sell altogether in these two hours?
What is 55 apples?
400
Jenny used 1/5 of a box of flour to bake cookies and 3/4 of the remainder to bake a cake. The rest of the flour was packed equally into 5 containers. What fraction of the total amount of flour was in each container?
What is 1/25 of the total amount of flour?
500
Mrs. Smith plants flowers on 3/4 of the land. 2/3 of the flowers are sunflowers. What fraction of the land is planted with sunflowers?
What is 1/2?
500
Penny has 6 1/2 yards of ribbon. She uses 4/5 of it for a project. How much ribbon does she use for the project?
What is 5 1/5 yards?
500
Mrs. Jacobs pours 3/8 gallons of lemonade equally into 9 cups. How much lemonade is in each cup?
What is 1/24 gallon?
500
Jordan has a piece of string 60 inches long. He uses 1/4 of the piece of string and then cuts the rest into 6 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
What is 7 1/2 inches?
500

Ben traveled 1/2 of a journey by bus. He jogged 1/3 of the remaining distance and walked the rest of the way. If he walked 800 meters, what was the total distance he traveled?

What is 2,400 m?