Unit 6 Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Due to severe weather, 3/5 of the 30 departing flights at Hobby airport were cancelled. All departing flights are listed in the chart below:

#68#85#91#730#129#40#08#49#125#17#904#720#32#74#63#14#39#81#106#19#206#529#737#431#201#20#304#93#22#49

How many flights departing from Hobby Airport were cancelled due to weather?

• 18

• 3

• 20

• 1

Mary is making dollhouses and wants to cut a board that is 6/7 yards long into pieces that are 7/32 yards long. Mary will use the expression shown to calculate the number of pieces that can be cut from the board: 

6/7  $\div$  7/32

Which expression can also be used to calculate the number of pieces that can be cut from the board?

• 7/32 divided by 6/7

• 7/6 divided by 32/7

• 6/7 x 32/7

• 7/6 x 7/32

There are 12 pies on a table. Each pie is cut into pieces. Each piece is 1/9 of a pie. How many pieces of pies are on the table?

• 12

• 108

• 9

• 112

The Indians stadium is 1.9 miles from the Browns stadium . The browns stadium is between the Indians stadium and Lola's restaurant. The Browns stadium is 335 miles from Lola's restaurant. How far is Indians stadium from Lola's Restaurant?

• 1.8 miles

• 4.56 miles

• 8.9 miles

• 5.5 miles

The owner of a ice cream shop used ¼ gallon of syrup to make 16 chocolate ice cream. She used the same amount of syrup in each ice cream. How much syrup in gallons was used in each chocolate ice cream?

• 1/64 gallons

• 64 gallons

• 1/12 gallons

• 12 gallons

The dance team does practice drills that each last 1/4 hour. In February the team did practice drills for a total of 32 hours. How many practice drills did the dance team do in February?

• 1/28

• 8

• 128

• 1/32

Grandpa Walter has a garden that is 1/5 acre of land split into 15 equal parts. What is the size of each part?

• 75 Acres

• 1/75 Acre

• 3 Acres

• 1/3 Acre

A chocolate store sells 89 different flavors of chocolate.

They had 37 boxes of each flavor in the store.

They sold 119 boxes.

How many boxes of chocolate are in the store?

• 3293

• 774

• 150

• 3174

Sprout's sells trail mix for $2 a pound. What would it be the cost of 3/4 pound of trail mix?

• $1.00

• $2.23

• $1.20

• $2.00

What is the value of this expression 1/24 $\div$  27

• 648

• 1/648

• 23

• 1/23