Multiplying Fractions
2
8 x ___
3
1
5 ___
3
1 1
__ / __
8 2
1
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4
At Rylee’s birthday party 6 of the 9 guests are 10 years old the others are 11. Rylee’s mother says that two-thirds of the guests at Rylee’s party are 10 years old. Is she correct?
Yes the answer is 2
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3
2
10 x ___
4
5
15 3
__ / __
56 8
5
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7
Six people go camping and bring 14 snack bars. If each camper gets the same amount of snack bars, then how much does each get? Express your answer as an improper fraction and as a mixed number.
1
2 __
3
5
4 x ___
6
2
3 ___
6
20 5
__ / __
27 3
4
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9
Deon is watering his garden with a container that carries three-eighths of a gallon of water. If Deon uses 10 full containers to water the garden, how many total gallons does he use? Express your answer as a mixed number and justify how you found it
3
3 __
4
4
12 x ___
3
16
10 2
__ / __
3 3
5
Derek is cutting a board that is 10 feet long. He needs only three-eights of the board’s length. Create a product that finds how long of a board Derek needs and then find the length in simplest form as a mixed number.
3
3 __
4
4
11 x __
3
2
14 __
3
8 3
__ / __
5 5
8
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3
In Zari’s entire sixth grade, seven-twelfths of the students are 11 years old. If there are a total of 60 students in sixth grade, how many of them are 11?
35