Multiplying Fractions
The product of (3/2) and (4/5).
What is 6/5 ?
The quotient of (1/2) and (3/2).
What is 1/3 ?
The unit fraction (unit rate) for 2/3 to 1/2.
What is 4/3 to 1, or 4 to 3 ?
A snail going full speed was taking 1 ⁄ 3 of a minute to move 1 ⁄ 9 of a centimeter. At this rate, this is how long it will take the snail to travel a centimeter.
What is 3 minutes?
The county seat of Franklin County, this city had a population of 25,527 as of the 2010 census. It is also the capitol of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
What is Frankfort?
The product of (2 and 1/3) and (3/5).
What is 7/5 ?
The quotient of (5/6) and 2.
What is 5/12 ?
The unit fraction (unit rate) for 5/6 to 3/4.
What is 10/9 to 1, or 10 to 9 ?
While exercising Frank walked 1 ⁄ 8 of a mile in 1 ⁄ 5 of an hour. At this rate, this is how far Frank will have traveled after an hour.
What is 5/8 of a mile?
This state is home to Monument Valley, Petrified Forest National Park, and the Grand Canyon.
What is Arizona?
The product of (4 and 1/2) and (1 and 1/3).
What is 6 ?
The quotient of (1 and 2/3) and (4/9).
What is 15/4 or (3 and 3/4) ?
The unit fraction (unit rate) for 4/5 to 1/6.
What is 24/5 to 1, or 24 to 5, or 4 and 4/5 to 1 ?
A water hose had filled up 1 ⁄ 8 of a pool after 1 ⁄ 5 of an hour. At this rate, this is how many hours it would take to fill the entire pool.
What is 8/5 of an hour, or 1 and 3/5 hours?
With approximately 2.3 million employees and revenue of over $500 billion dollars, this American company is the largest corporation in the world.
What is WalMart?
The product of (8 and 3/4) x (2 and 3/5).
What is (91/4) or 22 and 3/4 ?
The quotient of ( -3 and 2/3) and (1 and 2/9).
What is - 3 ?
The unit fraction (unit rate) for 6/7 to 4/8.
What is 12/7 to 1, or 12 to 7 ?
A bag with 3 and 2 ⁄ 6 ounces of peanuts can make 2 ⁄ 3 of a jar of peanut butter. This is the number of ounces of peanuts it would take to make one full jar.
What is 5 ounces of peanuts?
This ice cream specialty shop is the world's largest and is also know for having "31 flavors."
What is Baskin-Robbins?
The product of ( - 5 and 1/3) x (5 and 1/4).
What is -28 ?
The quotient of ( - 2 and 2/5) and ( - 1 and 3/7).
What is 42/25 or 1 and 17/25 ?
The unit fraction (unit rate) for 1 and 1/7 to 3 and 1/5.
What is 5/14 to 1, or 5 to 14 ?
A cookie recipe called for 3 and 2 ⁄ 4 cups of sugar for every 3 and 2 ⁄ 3 cups of flour. If you made a batch of cookies using 6 cups of flour, this is how many cups of sugar you would need.
What is 5 and 8/11 cups?
The Commonwealth of Kentucky was founded in this year, which also saw the creation of the US Postal Service.
What is 1792?