Multiplying Fractions Teacher Resources

A brief look at multiplying, adding, and subtracting complex fractions with links to rules.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the product of three fractions multiplied together. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to multiply rational numbers. Includes examples, videos, and practice questions.

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses fractions to pack boxes of truffles at a candy store.

On this one page website sharpen your logic and fractional part skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.

Models how to solve a word problem involving the multiplication of two fractions. [1:20]

Practice solving multiplication word problems that include whole numbers and fractions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

An interactive quiz from WyzAnt of 20 proportions are presented for the students to solve and then check their answers. All can be computed with simple cross-multiplying.

You can get a brief look at how to multiply and divide fractions at this location. Examples are clear and easy to follow.

Great source for math worksheets on all four whole number operations, fractions, and miscellaneous arithmetic topics. Could be used to assess basic arithmetic skills for areas that need remediation.

The purpose of this task is to have students think about the meaning of multiplying a number by a fraction, and use this burgeoning understanding of fraction multiplication to make sense of the commutative property of multiplication in...

This BBC test prep review ("revision") section includes reminders and practice in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. Clicking "Test Bite" on the last page will get you a short interactive quiz over the material.

This tasks lends itself very well to multiple solution methods. Students may learn a lot by comparing different methods. Students who are already comfortable with fraction multiplication can go straight to the numeric solutions given...

How can we use diagrams to multiply mixed numbers? How can we multiply mixed numbers without using a diagram? Students apply what they know about multiplying fractions to multiplying with mixed numbers.

The purpose of this task is to provide students with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...

The purpose of this task is to provide young scholars with a situation in which it is natural for them to divide a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number. Determining the amount of paint that Kulani needs for each wall illustrates an...