Multiplying Fractions

Fractions x Fractions

100

What is 2/4 x 1/2?

1/4

200

What is 3/4 x 3/4?

9/16

300

What is 3/4 x 1/3?

1/4

400

What is 3/4 x 7/9?

21/36 = 7/12

500

5/4 x 2/3

10/12 = 5/6

Fractions x Whole Number

100

What is 13 x 1/2?

6 ¹/₂

200

What is 8 x ¹/₄?

2

300

What is ¹/₆ x 3?

¹/₂

400

What is 4/5 x 10?

8

500

What is 3/8 x 20?

60/8 or 7 and 1/2

Estimate it.

100

11/12 X 4 7/8

5

200

7/10 X 16

12 or 14

300

5/8 X 15 

10 

400

2 3/4 X 30 1/16

90

500

Cassidy has 10 feet of string. She uses 5/8 feet of string for each bracelet she makes. Does she have enough string to make 15 bracelets? Estimate 5/8 X 15 to solve the problem. Explain.

Miss Collins will decide! 

More Fractions x Fractions!

100

3/5 X 5/9

1/3

200

1/3 x 1/4 x 2/3

1/18

300

2/9 x 3/10

1/15

400

1/2 x 3/8 x 3/4

9/64

500

(3/8 + 1/8) x 2/5 

1/5

Area

100

A rectangle that is 4/6 yards by 1/3 yards.

2/9 yards sq. 

200

Find the area of a rectangle with a length of 6 inches and a height of 1/12 inches.

1/2 sq. in.

300

Area of a square with sides of length 1/3 yard.

1/9 sq. yd.

400

Emilio needs to know how much area to clear to place his son's square sandbox. Each side of the sandbox is 3/4 yard. Find the area that the sandbox will cover.

9/16 sq. yd.

500

Daniel and Paul are working on a multiplication problem. Daniel claims that 1/4 in X 3/8 in. is 3/32 sq. in. Paul claims that the correct answer is 3/12 sq. in. Who is correct? Why?

Daniel is correct.