Unit 4 Practice Problems MCC.4.NF.a-c: Multiplying Fractions.

Unit 4 Practice Problems

MCC.4.NF.a-c: Multiplying Fractions

Write the multiplication problem:

Model this multiplication sentence using circles.

5 x

Solve.

6 x

Wanda is making 7 bracelets. Each bracelet will use yards of ribbon. How many yards will be

used to make 7 bracelets?

The hair stylist had 14 customers on Thursday. One-seventh

needed haircuts. How many customers needed haircuts?

a) 7 customersb) 1 customerc) 2 customersd) 9 customers

Fred was given 10 ten pitches and hit of them. George was given 10 pitches and hit of them. Fill in the sentence:

Fred had ___ hits and George had __ hits. (number)

________had more hits than ________. (name)

• Each student gets of a cup of juice. If there are 7 students in the class, how many cups of juice are needed?

• Between which two whole numbers does your answer lie?• _______ and _______

1) Divide each bar into 4 equal sections.

2) Shade in of each bar.3) How many fourths are shaded?

Solve.

9 x

It is Mrs. Faerber’s 27th birthday and her class is celebrating! There are 24 students in her class. One-fourth of the students chose to have cookies. Half chose cupcakes and two-sixths

chose brownies. How many students chose cookies?

a) 6 b) 1 c) 12 d) 8

I made the following tile stack:-4 yellow, 4 blue, and 8 green

What fractional part of the row is green?

Sammy has a dozen marbles. Two are multi-colored. One of them is orange. Five are black, one is red,

and the rest are blue. What fractional part of Sammy’s

marbles are blue?

Lauren has 8 dresses in her closet. One is striped. Four are polka-

dotted and three are silk. What fractional part of Lauren’s dresses

are polka-dotted?a) one-eighthb) Three-eighthsc) Four-eighths or one-half

What is another way to write ?

b) 8 x 2 x c) 16.6

Solve.

10 x

Scoring for Independent Work:12-15 Correct: You have shown that you know

how to multiply fractions! Review these problems again before the test!

8-11 Correct: You have a good foundation, but in order to do really well on the test you need

to go over each problem before the test! 1-7 Correct: You need to spend time going over each problem and studying the ways to solve

them. You need to study each problem at least 2 times each that you missed!

There are 24 students eating at the picnic. One-half of the students had

hot dogs. One-third as many hamburgers were eaten than hot

dogs. One-half as many steaks were eaten than hamburgers. How many

students ate steaks?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 12 d) 4

There are 18 stars. Separate the stars into 3 equal groups to find of 18.

a. 3b. 6c. 18

Each bottle can hold cups of water. Tripp has 4 bottles. How

many cups of water is that?

The tree in our backyard is growing yards each week. How

tall will the tree be at the end of 5 weeks?

Solve.

6 x

I have 7 containers. Each container will be filled with of a cup of

juice. How many cups of juice will be in 7 containers?

Step 1: Draw a visual fraction model.Step 2: Write a number sentence for the problem.

Use the model to help you solve:

Answer:_____________________

Construct the fraction bar using these fraction clues:

One-half is red; one-fifth is blue; three-tenths are green.

Show your thinking using words, pictures, or numbers:

Janice made 6 pies. One-third of them were cherry. How many pies

were cherry?