πagarwalmath · 4th grade · Common Core 4.NF.B.4c
🥛 Fraction × whole number stories
Multiply a fraction by a whole number
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A recipe needs 1/2 of a cup of sugar. Maya makes 5 batches. How much sugar is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
2A recipe needs 1/5 of a cup of sugar. Omar makes 9 batches. How much sugar is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
3Omar gives each of 7 plants 1/2 of a liter of water. The total is between which two whole numbers?
- ABetween 2 and 3
- BBetween 3 and 4
- CBetween 4 and 5
- DBetween 5 and 6
4Painting one wall takes 1/4 of a can of paint. Sam paints 3 walls. How many cans of paint is that?
Answer: ______________ cans
5Each bow uses 6/8 of a yard of ribbon. Priya makes 5 bows. How much ribbon is that?
Answer: ______________ yards
6Each bow uses 3/4 of a yard of ribbon. Omar makes 2 bows. How much ribbon is that?
Answer: ______________ yards
7Each bow uses 1/2 of a yard of ribbon. Leo makes 9 bows. The total is between which two whole numbers?
- ABetween 3 and 4
- BBetween 4 and 5
- CBetween 5 and 6
- DBetween 6 and 7
8Each of 2 kids drinks 2/5 of a cup of milk. How much milk do they drink in all?
Answer: ______________ cups
9Each of 3 kids drinks 2/8 of a cup of milk. How much milk do they drink in all?
Answer: ______________ cups
10A recipe needs 3/5 of a cup of sugar. Aiden makes 5 batches. How much sugar is that?
Answer: ______________ cups
11Each of 8 kids drinks 4/8 of a cup of milk. How much milk do they drink in all?
Answer: ______________ cups
12Maya runs 2/3 of a mile every day for 9 days. How far is that in all?
Answer: ______________ miles
Answer key: Fraction × whole number stories
- 1. 5/2 cups
- 2. 9/5 cups
- 3. B (Between 3 and 4)
- 4. 3/4 cans
- 5. 15/4 yards
- 6. 3/2 yards
- 7. B (Between 4 and 5)
- 8. 4/5 cups
- 9. 3/4 cups
- 10. 3 cups
- 11. 4 cups
- 12. 6 miles
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