Word Problems Multiplying Fractions

Jasmine's garden plot is in the picture shown. She needs to know the area of her rectangular garden plot to plan which seeds to plant. Find the area of the rectangular garden plot. HINT: What are our standards about?

Mrs. Smith is making cookies for 5th grade. The recipe calls for 3/4 cup of sugar for each batch. It also calls for 4/5 cups of flour. She is making 8 batches and needs to know how much sugar she will need. Which expression represents the correct equation to solve the problem of how much sugar she needs for the cookies?

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.

Bob has 2 1/8 sheets of metal. To make a roof Bob needs to use 4/5 of the sheets of metal. How many sheets of metal does Bob have after building one roof?

• 2 37/30

• 2 5/30

• 1 11/30

• 52/30 or 1 11/15

You have 3/4 of a bag of dog food. You have one week you have to feed your dog the bag of food. How much do you feed him each day?

• 3/28

• 21/4

• 28/3

• 7/3

Miss Marsh was baking cookies and wanted to triple the batch. One batch calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. How many cups of sugar will she use for all three batches?

• 1 1/3 cups

• 2/9 cup

• 3 cups

• 2 cups

Avery was making brownies. The recipe made 24 brownies but she only wanted to make 12. The recipe called for 1 1/2 cups milk. How much milk will she need to make 12 brownies?

• 1 1/2 cups

• 3/4 cup

• 1/2 cups

• 3/8 cups

Allie has 2/3 of a candy bar and wants to split it among two people. How much of the candy bar do they each get?

• 1/3

• 1 1/3

• 1/6

• 1/5

Allie needs 3/4 cup of ketchup for a meatloaf recipe. She has an almost empty bottle which contains 1/4 cup of ketchup, another two bottles with 1/3 cup of ketchup in each bottle. Does she have enough for the recipe? How much does she have total?

• yes, 11/12 cup

• yes, 1 cup

• no, 2/3 cup

• no, 1/2 cup

Charlotte needs to buy ribbon to make daffodil bouquets for the spring flower sale. Each bouquet will contain 6 daffodils. Charlotte will need 1/3 yard of ribbon to make each bouquet. If Charlotte has 360 daffodils, how many yards of ribbon should she buy to make as many bouquets as possible?

• 20 yards

• 30 yards

• 60 yards

• 180 yards