MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE
FRACTIONS
WORD-PROBLEMS
CHAPTER 2
DIVIDING
DeLila has 4 ½ pies to divide equally among 9
people. How much will each person get?
½ a pie
MULTPLYING
Catherine walks her dog 3/4 of a mile every day.
How far does she walk each week?
5 ¼ miles
MULTPLYING
Frank 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
2
5/6 ft
DIVIDING
A 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
MULTPLYING
Shen 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?
4½
pounds
DIVIDING
Brenda 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
So the first 3 pieces =
6 miles
2
2
2
2
The last 5 pieces =
10 miles
2