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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5A

• A

• B

• C

• D

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.6

• 12 1/2 sacks of grain

• 1 1/2 sacks of grain

• 13 1/3 sacks of grain

• 13 sacks of grain

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

• 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.

Tags

CCSS.4.NF.B.4B

CCSS.4.NF.B.4C

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

ON

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B

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.

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.5B