Multiplying fraction

1. A recipe calls for cup of sugar. I only want to make a recipe. How much
sugar is needed?
Set up equation:

Solve equation: x =
Label the answer: cup
2. John is halfway () around a quarter () mile track. How far has he run so far?
Set up equation:

x=

Solve equation: x =
Label the answer: mile
1. A father weighed 2 times more than his son. If the son weighs 60 pounds,
about how much does the father weigh?
Set up equation:

Solve equation:

Label the answer: about 136 pounds

2. The band was selling candy for a fundraiser. Jennifer bought 2 pounds of
candy and ate of it. How many pounds did she eat?

Set up problem:

Solve equation:

Label the answer:

pounds
3.There are 32 gems on a necklace and 1/4 of them are brown.
How many gems on the necklace are brown?
Solution
What is the problem asking?
Number of gems that are brown
What information do you have?
1 out of every 4 gems (or 1/4) of the 32 gems are brown.
What operation do you use?
We are looking for a fraction of a group which means multiplication.
Equation
1
32
*
=
4

Dividing fraction
Comprehension of Decimals

Addition of Decimals
Multiplication of Decimals
Subtraction of Decimals