Problem-Solving Multiplication and Division of Fractions

Solve fraction word problems with multiplication & division! Practice identifying operations and strategies.

Read each word problem. Decide if they are multiplication or division. To sort them, click on the word problem. At the bottom of each word problem, you will see a box. Click on the appropriate box. multiplication Mr. Sommers had 20 pieces of metal that were all the same length. If each piece of metal was 3 1 inches long and he put them side-by-side, what would be the total length of the pieces altogether? Linda started taking piano lessons. She had to practice 1 3 hours each day. If after only 8 days Linda decided she wanted to stop, how many hours did she take lessons? As part of her club activities, Mrs. Garcia bought 10 jars of preserves to sell at the club carnival. If each of the jar of preserves was 9 1 ounces, how many ounces would Mrs. Garcia sell if she sold all the jars. division For one of their Science experiments the class used 10 1 quarts of water. If there were 7 groups doing the experiment and each group used the same amount of water, how many quarts of water did each group use? A bunch of neighborhood kids went on a hike through the nature center. The total mileage they walked was 16 2 miles. If each kid contributed 4 1 miles to the hike, how many kids went on the hike? Larry bought 12 1 pounds of candy to share with his friends. If he gave 2 1 pounds to each of his friends, how many friends did he share his candy with? Anthony has 15 different color markers in her new case. The total weight of all the markers in the case is 37 1 ounces. If each felt marker is the same, how much does each of Anthony's markers weigh? The new set of 30 books finally arrived at school. When they were stacked on top of one another on the counter, the stack was 67 1 inches high. How thick was each of the new books if they were all the same size? Which shows the correct strategy to solve this problem: 1 x 2 Multiply the numerators by each other and multiply the denominators by each other. The answer is 2 Multiply the numerators by each other and multiply the denominators by each other. I now have 2 Two is the GCF of 2 and 6 so I divide both the numerator and denominator by 2 and my simplified answer is 1 I find the reciprocal of the second fraction and multiply straight across. Dividing Fractions Songs with Lyrics! Which shows the correct strategy to solve this problem: 3 ÷ 1 I find the reciprocal of the second fraction and multiply straight across. I find the reciprocal of the second fraction and divide straight across. I change division to multiplication and multiply straight across.