Multiplying Fractions Word Problems

Which statement is true?

• The product of 2/5 and 5/9 is less than 2/5

• The product of 5/3 and 2/7 is less than 2/7

• The product of 6/4 and 5/4 is less than 1whole

• The product of 4/5 and 6/7 is greater than 4/5

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiplication of Fractions Word Problem: If a recipe calls for 2/3 cup of flour and you want to make 3 batches, how much flour do you need in total?

• 5 cups

• 1/3 cup

• 4 cups

• 2 cups

Aunt Lisa made strawberry and grape jelly.  She made 1  1/2 cups of strawberry.  She made 4  1/2 times as much grape jelly as she did strawberry jelly.  How many cups of grape jelly did she make?

• 4  1/4 cups

• 2 cups

• 3  1/2 cups

• 6  3/4 cups

• 12 1/2 sacks of grain

• 1 1/2 sacks of grain

• 13 1/3 sacks of grain

• 13 sacks of grain

• 42 buckets of fish

• 1 1/6 buckets of fish

• 1/42 buckets of fish

• 7/6 buckets of fish

Answer explanation

If the sea otters are fed 1/6 as much as the dolphins, this means that the sea otters are fed less.

Naomi uses 2/3 cup of sugar for one batch of cookies. If she made two batches. How much sugar did she use? (no label)

Mathematical Equivalence

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Sarah and Jane were discussing the following ingredients. Sarah wanted to make 3/4 of the recipe with the ingredients. Jane wanted to make 3 recipes with the ingredients. Which statement represents how Sarah and Jane need to create their recipe?

• Sarah does not have to do anything to the receipe, but Jane needs to multiply her ingredients by 3.