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

NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

DAILY PRACTICE

Fraction Multiplication with Arrays

  • 1 Match each array to an equation below. Then give the product.

    • A. Array A is 2 by 5. The first 3 columns are shaded. The first 3 columns of the first row are double shaded.

      2 thirds , times , 3 fourths = _______________

    • B. Array B is 3 by 4. The first 3 columns are shaded. The first 3 columns of the first 2 rows are double shaded.

      5 sixths , times , 1 third = _______________

    • C. Array C is 6 by 3. The first column is shaded. The first 5 rows of the first column are double shaded.

      1 half , times , 3 fifths = _______________

  • 2 Use the square to represent the problem below. Then give the answer to the problem.

    A park is shaped like a square. There is grass on 2 thirds of the park. A picnic area covers 1 fifth of the grassy area. What fraction of the park is covered by the picnic area?

    A square.

NOTE

Students use arrays to represent and solve problems involving multiplication of fractions.

MWI Multiplying a Fraction by a Fraction


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Table of Contents

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