Free Grade 3 Multiplying Fractions in Context Flashcards
Free Grade 3 flashcards for Multiplying Fractions in Context: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together, then simplify. Multiplying by a fraction less than 1 makes a number smaller.
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Learning objectives
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- RememberIdentify multiplying fractions in context
Identify multiplying fractions in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- UnderstandExplain multiplying fractions in context
Explain multiplying fractions in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate multiplying fractions in context
Calculate multiplying fractions in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- AnalyseCompare multiplying fractions in context
Compare multiplying fractions in context accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
Prerequisites
Close these gaps first — each has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
How Multiplying Fractions in Context works
To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together and the denominators together, then simplify. Multiplying by a fraction less than 1 makes a number smaller.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.2/5 × 6/8 = ?[1]
- 2.6/6 × 4/5 = ?[1]
- 3.2/2 × 2/6 = ?[1]
- 4.6/8 × 3/6 = ?[1]
- 5.2/9 × 2/4 = ?[2]
- 6.3/4 × 2/3 = ?[2]
- 7.2/3 × 1/3 = ?[2]
- 8.6/6 × 1/5 = ?[2]
- 9.1/4 × 7/8 = ?[3]
- 10.7/8 × 2/4 = ?[3]
- 11.5/5 × 4/8 = ?[3]
- 12.1/5 × 2/6 = ?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 3/10
Multiply numerators: 2 × 6 = 12. Multiply denominators: 5 × 8 = 40. Simplify 12/40 → 3/10
2. 4/5
Multiply numerators: 6 × 4 = 24. Multiply denominators: 6 × 5 = 30. Simplify 24/30 → 4/5
3. 1/3
Multiply numerators: 2 × 2 = 4. Multiply denominators: 2 × 6 = 12. Simplify 4/12 → 1/3
4. 3/8
Multiply numerators: 6 × 3 = 18. Multiply denominators: 8 × 6 = 48. Simplify 18/48 → 3/8
5. 1/9
Multiply numerators: 2 × 2 = 4. Multiply denominators: 9 × 4 = 36. Simplify 4/36 → 1/9
6. 1/2
Multiply numerators: 3 × 2 = 6. Multiply denominators: 4 × 3 = 12. Simplify 6/12 → 1/2
7. 2/9
Multiply numerators: 2 × 1 = 2. Multiply denominators: 3 × 3 = 9. Simplify 2/9 → 2/9
8. 1/5
Multiply numerators: 6 × 1 = 6. Multiply denominators: 6 × 5 = 30. Simplify 6/30 → 1/5
9. 7/32
Multiply numerators: 1 × 7 = 7. Multiply denominators: 4 × 8 = 32. Simplify 7/32 → 7/32
10. 7/16
Multiply numerators: 7 × 2 = 14. Multiply denominators: 8 × 4 = 32. Simplify 14/32 → 7/16
11. 1/2
Multiply numerators: 5 × 4 = 20. Multiply denominators: 5 × 8 = 40. Simplify 20/40 → 1/2
12. 1/15
Multiply numerators: 1 × 2 = 2. Multiply denominators: 5 × 6 = 30. Simplify 2/30 → 1/15
Worked examples
2/4 × 4/6 = ?
- Multiply numerators: 2 × 4 = 8.
- Multiply denominators: 4 × 6 = 24.
- Simplify 8/24 → 1/3
- Answer: 1/3
1/3 × 2/5 = ?
- Multiply numerators: 1 × 2 = 2.
- Multiply denominators: 3 × 5 = 15.
- Simplify 2/15 → 2/15
- Answer: 2/15
3/9 × 3/8 = ?
- Multiply numerators: 3 × 3 = 9.
- Multiply denominators: 9 × 8 = 72.
- Simplify 9/72 → 1/8
- Answer: 1/8
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Common mistakes
What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.
Finds a common denominator first.
Correction: No common denominator is needed — multiply straight across.
Expects the answer to be bigger.
Correction: Half of something is smaller than the thing.
Teacher tips
- · Use area models: shade one fraction across, the other down.
Parent tips
- · Ask what half of a half is.
Real-life applications
- · Finding half of three quarters of a garden.
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- Start with Working with Multiplying Fractions, Introducing Multiplying Fractions, Subtracting Fractions. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Introduction to Fractions, Parts of a Fraction, Numerator, Denominator, which build directly on this idea.
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