Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Adapted by Marivel Shrout

Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

​#1

​Ms. Halpern is building a rectangular deck that is 2 2/9 yards long and 3 2/5 yards wide. What is the area of her deck?(Hint: Area = length x width)

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a) 6 4/45

b) 7 5/9

c) 100/153

d) 6 5/9

​#2

​Brandon has 7 1/2 gallons of paint. He plans on using 1 1/2 gallons to paint each room. How many rooms will he be able to paint?

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a) 8

b) 5

c) 11

d) 7

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​#3

​Mrs. Jordan used ½ gallon of olive oil to make 8 identical batches of salad dressing. How many gallons of olive oil did she use in each batch?

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a) 32

b) 16

c) 1/16

d) 1/8

​#4

​Angelina had 3/4 lb of peanuts. She divided them into 1/16-lb snack bags. How many bags did she fill?

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a) 4

b) 12

c) 13

d) 20

​#5

​A box contains 1 4/5 pounds of pasta. How many ounces of pasta are in the box? (Hint: 1 pound = 16 ounces)

a) 16 4/5

b) 28 4/5

c) 13 4/5

d) 9/80

​#6

​Gabe bought a box of 36 rubber bands. He used 1/4 of the rubber bands in the box. How many rubber bands did he use?

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a) 13

b) 144

c) 9

d) 12

​#7

​The community swimming pool is open 7 1/2 hours on Saturday. Each lifeguard works a 1 1/2 hour shift. How many lifeguards work at the community swimming pool on Saturday?

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a) 9

b) 6

c) 5

d) 3

​#8

​The clothing designer has 4 3/10 yards of fabric to make 3 dresses. How much material is used for each dress?

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a) 7 3/10

b) 1 3/10

c) 1 13/30

d) 43/30

​#9

​Each student read 1/3 of a book each day in ELA for 15 days. At the end of the 15 days, how many books had each student read?

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a) 15 1/3

b) 5 c) 30

d) 15

​#10

​Ben ran 2/3 mile each day for 6 days, while John ran 3/4 mile each day for 4 days. Who ran the furthest distance?

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a) Ben

b) John

c) They ran the same distance