πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.NF.B.4c
🥛 Fraction × whole number stories
Multiply a fraction by a whole number
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Each of 4 kids drinks 1/2 of a cup of milk. How much milk do they drink in all?
Answer: ______________ cups
2Lily runs 2/4 of a mile every day for 5 days. How far is that in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
3Omar runs 1/2 of a mile every day for 3 days. How far is that in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
4Each of 9 kids drinks 5/8 of a cup of milk. The total is between which two whole numbers?
- ABetween 4 and 5
- BBetween 5 and 6
- CBetween 6 and 7
- DBetween 7 and 8
5Leo gives each of 2 plants 2/3 of a liter of water. How much water is that in all?
Answer: ______________ liters
6Painting one wall takes 1/2 of a can of paint. Sam paints 8 walls. How many cans of paint is that?
Answer: ______________ cans
7Each bow uses 5/8 of a yard of ribbon. Maya makes 9 bows. The total is between which two whole numbers?
- ABetween 4 and 5
- BBetween 5 and 6
- CBetween 6 and 7
- DBetween 7 and 8
8A recipe needs 2/3 of a cup of sugar. Aiden makes 4 batches. How much sugar is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
9A recipe needs 1/3 of a cup of sugar. Zoe makes 7 batches. How much sugar is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
10Each of 2 kids drinks 1/8 of a cup of milk. How much milk do they drink in all?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Each bow uses 4/8 of a yard of ribbon. Sam makes 9 bows. How much ribbon is that?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Painting one wall takes 2/4 of a can of paint. Priya paints 3 walls. How many cans of paint is that?
Answer: ______________ cans
Answer key: Fraction × whole number stories
- 1. 2 cups
- 2. 5/2 miles
- 3. 3/2 miles
- 4. B (Between 5 and 6)
- 5. 4/3 liters
- 6. 4 cans
- 7. B (Between 5 and 6)
- 8. 8/3 cups
- 9. 7/3 cups
- 10. 1/4 cups
- 11. 9/2 yards
- 12. 3/2 cans
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