Fraction-Of Problems
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What You Need
Fraction Of fraction cards (Sets 1 and 2)
6-sided die
paper
What To Do
Work with a partner or by yourself.
1 Shuffle the fraction card deck and place it facedown.
2 Draw one fraction card. This is your fraction.
3 Roll the die once. Multiply the number by 10. This is your whole.
4 Write a fraction-of problem using your fraction and your whole.
2
For example: If you draw a _
​ 3  ​card and roll a 5, your fraction-of
2
problem is _
​   ​  of 50.
3
5 Figure out whether your fraction-of problem has a whole-number answer.
If it does, solve your problem. If it doesn’t, cross off your fraction-of problem
and repeat Steps 3–5 until you make a problem with a whole-number answer.
6 Write a multiplication number sentence that represents your fraction-of problem.
7 Repeat Steps 2–6 until you have solved four fraction-of problems.
Talk About It
How can you tell whether your fraction-of problem will have a whole-number answer?
How does thinking about unit fractions help you solve fraction-of problems?
More You Can Do
Try to solve a fraction-of problem that doesn’t have a whole-number answer.
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Fraction-Of Problems
Lesson 5-5
NAME
DATE
Fill in the blanks to make true statements and true number sentences. You may
want to use counters or drawings to represent the problems.
1
2
_
of
3
is 18.
2
_ of 36 is 24.
6
3
3
_
∗
10
= 30
4
4
_
∗ 20 = 16
Olivia is drawing a large portrait of
her mom. The portrait is 2 feet tall.
4
That’s _
of her mom’s real height.
10
6
5
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Olivia’s mom is
feet tall.
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3
Pedro rides his bike to work. He rides _
8
of the distance on roads and the rest of
the distance on bike trails. The entire
ride is 16 miles.
Pedro rides
7
TIME
miles on roads.
Choose one problem. Explain how you solved it.
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Fraction-Of Problems
NAME
DATE
Solve each fraction-of problem. Include a unit in your answer. Then write a
multiplication number model for each problem.
3
Suri made 6 gallons of lemonade to
sell at her lemonade stand. In one
2
day she sold _
of the lemonade.
3
How much lemonade did she sell?
Antonio planned to read 15 books over
the summer for the library’s summer
reading challenge. At the end of July he
4
had read _
of the books. How many
5
books had he read?
2
Answer:
Answer:
Number model:
Number model:
Elliot is riding in a 100-mile bike race
to raise money for a charity. So far he
7
has completed _
of the race. How
10
far has Elliot biked?
Erica’s garden has an area of 24 square
3
feet. She will use _
of the space for
1 4
_
vegetables and 4 of the space for
flowers. How much space will she use
for vegetables?
4
Answer:
Answer:
Number model:
Number model:
Practice
Write <, >, or = to make true number sentences.
5
0.3
7
1.68
9
0.06
182
6
0.428
0.43
1.680
8
2.988
1.989
0.006
10
5.64
0.32
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195–196
5.46
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DATE
WHOLE
(Choose one.)
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Fraction Card
Fraction-Of Problem
Solution (Points)
Sample
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of 25
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Total Score
G24
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