MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE FRACTIONS

WORD-PROBLEMSCHAPTER 2

DIVIDINGDeLila has 4 ½ pies to divide equally among 9 people. How much will each person get?

½ a pie

MULTPLYINGCatherine walks her dog 3/4 of a mile every day. How far does she walk each week?

5 ¼ miles

MULTPLYINGFrank wants to paint his bedroom wall that is

9 1/3 feet long and 8 1/8 feet wide. Find the area of the wall.

75 5/6 ft2

DIVIDINGA cat eats 2/3 of a cup of food each day. How many days will a bag containing 16 cups of food last?

24 days

MULTPLYINGShen is making mine-craft figures out of clay. Each figure needs 3/8 pound of clay. If he makes 12 figures, how much clay will he use?

4 ½ pounds

DIVIDINGBrenda ate 1/2 pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream. Mark ate 3/4 pint of malt ice cream. How many times more ice cream did Mark eat?

1 ½ more pints

PROBLEM SOLVING QUESTION…

• Jasmine biked 3/8 the distance from her school to her house. If she has 10 more miles to go, how many miles has she gone already?

1 2 3

The last 5 pieces = 10 miles

2 2 2 2 2

So the first 3 pieces = 6 miles