Worksheet: Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Calculate the product.

.
a. c.

b. d.

____ 2. Calculate the quotient.

a. c.

b. d.

____ 3. Ramona’s bedroom is rectangular. It is metres long and metres wide. What is the area of Ramona’s
bedroom?
a. c.
sq m sq m
b. d.
sq m sq m

____ 4. A cube has edges of inches. What is the volume of the cube?
a. c.

b. d.

____ 5. What number makes this equation true?

a. c.

b. d.

Short Answer

6. Which number makes this equation true?

 7. The area of a dog crate is square feet. The length of the crate is feet. What is the width of the crate?

8. A square basement has a length of metres. What is the area of the basement?

9. Evaluate the expression.

Problem

10. Lisa has a box that is a cube with edges of inches. She wants to pack as many cubes as she can that have

edges of inches. Solve and explain how to find how many smaller cubes Lisa can pack in the box.
 Worksheet: Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and Understanding

OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
2. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and Understanding
OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
3. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Application
OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
4. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Application
OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
5. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Thinking
OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers

SHORT ANSWER

6. ANS:

PTS: 1 REF: Thinking OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
7. ANS:

feet

PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
8. ANS:

square metres

PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers
9. ANS:

PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and Understanding OBJ: 1.6 - Powers of Rational Numbers

PROBLEM

10. ANS:
Lisa can pack 64 cubes. I multiplied to find the volume of the box in cubic inches. I multi-

plied to find the volume of the cubes in cubic inches. Since the mixed numbers have like de-
nominators I divided the numerators when the mixed numbers were written as improper fractions to get

32 768 ÷ 512 = 64.

PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 1.2 - Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers