How Can You Multiply Fractions

Visual Glossary
Learning Visual Learning Bridge

and Whole Numbers?

A

Hal spent __​​ 43 ​​ hour reading each day for 7 days.

How much total time did he spend reading?
12 12 12 12 12 12 12

9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3

6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3
4
hour reading each day for 7 days

I need to find
3
​7 × ​ _
4
  ​​  .

B Multiply to find the number of fourths. 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

​  3 ​ = 7 × 3 × __
​  1 ​​
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3

​7 × __
4 4 6
3
6
3 3 3
6 6
3
6 6
3
6
3
= 1 ​​
​ 21 × ​ __ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
4 3
hours reading each day for 7 days
4
21 ​ ​
= ​​ __ To rename _
21
​​ 4 ​ 
​, 
4
divide the numerator 12 12 12 12 12

Rewrite as a mixed by the denominator.

9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3

6 6 6 6 6
number.
3 1
73 4 554
21 ​ = 5​ __
​​ ___ 1 ​​ 
4 4
​  1 ​​  hours reading.
Hal spent ​5__
4

Convince Me!   Be Precise  What are the products _​​ 49 ​  × 6​ and

​  49 ​​ ?
​6 × _

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Name
Practice Tools Assessment

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

​​  34 ​​  of a ribbon that is 7 feet
1. What is _ In 3–5, find each product. Write
long? the product as a mixed number.

×
​​  3 ​  × 4 = _____
3. __ ​   = ​ ___ ​ = __
 ​  ​   ​  = __
​   ​  ​
8
​​  34 ​  × 7​, ​7 × _
2. Explain how _ ​  34 ​​ , and ​3 × _
​  74 ​​ 
are all related. ×
​  5 ​  = _____
4. ​8 × __ ​   = ​ ___ ​ = __
 ​  ​   ​  = __
​   ​​ 
6

×
​  4 ​  = _____
5. ​5 × __ ​   = ​ ___ ​ = __
 ​  ​   ​​ 
7

Remember: You can

use division to rename
Leveled Practice In 6–16, find each product. Write
a fraction as a mixed
the product as a mixed number.
number.

×
​​  3 ​  × 14 = ______
6. __ ​   = ​ ___ ​ =
 ​  __
​   ​  = __
​   ​​ 
4

× ×
​  2 ​  = ________
7. ​600 × __ ​   ​  = _____
​   =
 ​  ​ ​​  5 ​  × 37 = _______
8. __ ​   ​  = ​ ______
 ​  = __
​   ​​ 
3 9

6 9
​​  4 ​  × 500​
9. __ ​  2 ​​ 
10. ​5 × __ 11. ​17 × ​ __ ​​  12. ​​ ___
  ​ × 25​
5 3 8 10

7 ​  × 320​
13. ​​ __ ​  7  ​​ 
14. ​28 × __ 2 ​  × 1,287​
15. ​​ __ ​  2 ​​ 
16. ​900 × __
8 12 3 9

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17. About 0.6 of the human body is made up 18. Number Sense  How can you use mental
3
of water. If a person has a mass of math to find ​25 × __
​  10  ​​? 
75 kilograms, what is the mass of the
water in this person’s body?

19. During a nature walk, Jill identified 20. A rectangular painting is 2 feet
20 species of animals and plants. long and ​​ _56 ​​  foot wide. What is
a Construct Arguments  Jill said the area of the painting?
that ​​ _31 ​​  of the species she identified
were animals. Can this be correct?
Explain.

​​  35 ​​  of the species Jill identified were

b If _
animals, how many plants did Jill
identify?

21. Higher Order Thinking  An art teacher
makes a batch of purple paint by mixing
​​  34 ​​  cup red paint with _
_ ​​  34 ​​  cup blue paint.
If she mixes 13 batches, how many cups
of purple paint will she have?
22. enVision® STEM  A water molecule is
made up of 3 atoms. One third of the
atoms are oxygen and the remaining
atoms are hydrogen. If there are 114
water molecules, how many hydrogen
atoms are there? Show your work.

Assessment Practice
23. Select all that are true. 24. Select all that are true.
3 3
​4 × ​ __ 2 ​​ 
 ​  = 2​ __ ​​ __ ​  3 ​​ 
  ​ × 2 = ___
5 5 4 8
2 ​  × 18 = ___
​​ __ ​  1  ​​  11 ​ × 4 = 22​
​​ ___
9 81 2
3 2 ​  = 3​ __
1 ​​ 
​14 × ​ __  ​  = 6​ ​5 × ​ __
7 3 3
3 __
2 ​  × 6 = __
​​ __ ​  1 ​​  ​8 × ​ __  ​  = ​  3  ​​ 
3 9 4 32

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