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

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Fraction Bar Multiplication

  • 1 Shade 1 fourth of the bar. Draw stripes in 1 fifth of the shaded part.

    How much of the whole bar is striped? _______________ Equation: _____________

    A blank fraction bar.

  • 2 Shade 1 half of the bar. Draw stripes in 1 eighth of the shaded part.

    How much of the whole bar is striped? _______________ Equation: _____________

    A blank fraction bar.

In Problems 3 and 4, represent the product of the equation by shading and drawing the parts of the fraction bar. Then write the product.

  • 3 1 fourth , times , 1 sixth = _______________

    A blank fraction bar.

  • 4 1 third , times , 1 eighth = _______________

    A blank fraction bar.

NOTE

Students use fraction bars and equations to represent multiplication of unit fractions. (A unit fraction is a fraction with a numerator of 1.)

MWI 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