Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space, Student Activity Book [Grade 5]

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Practicing Multiplication of Fractions

Solve these problems using a strategy that makes sense to you. Show your work, including any representations you use. Write equations for Problems 1–3.

  • 1 Rachel runs 2 thirds mile every day. How many miles does she run in 6 days?

  • 2 The bike path near Margaret's house is 24 miles long. She rides 3 eighths of the way around the path. How many miles does she ride?

  • 3 Martin runs 1 , and 1 half miles a day. How many miles does he run in 5 days?

  • 4 1 third , times , 3 fourths = _______________

  • 5 5 sixths , times 12 = _______________

NOTE

Students solve problems that involve multiplying fractions, whole numbers, and mixed numbers.

MWI Multiplying Whole Numbers, Fractions, and Mixed Numbers; Multiplying a Fraction by a Fraction


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Table of Contents

Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Puzzles, Clusters, and Towers Unit 2 Prisms and Solids Unit 3 Rectangles, Clocks, and Tracks Unit 4 How Many People and Teams? Unit 5 Temperature, Height, and Growth Unit 6 Between 0 and 1 Unit 7 Races, Arrays, and Grids Unit 8 Properties of Polygons