Name ____________________________________________________ Date ____________________
Class ____________________
Pre-AP Multiplying Positive Rational Numbers
Circle whether each answer will be greater or less than 1. Then, m ultiply and write
each answer in sim plest form .
1)
1
1
•
= _______
5
3
2) 1
greater or less
5
1
•
= ______
8
8
3) 1
greater or less
4
2
• 3 = _______
5
3
greater or less
Find each product. W rite the answer in sim plest form .
4) 1
1
1
• 2 = _______
3
2
5)
5
12
•
= _______
8
15
6) 2
1
1
• 3 = _______
3
2
Answer each question.
7) When you multiply a whole number and a fraction, will the product be less than 1 or
greater than one? ________________________________
Solve.
8) Two-fifths of the instruments in the marching band are brass. One-eighth of the
brass instruments are tubas.
a. What fraction of the band are tubas? ___________
b. If there are 240 band instruments total, how many are tubas? ________
9) A plane travels at 550
and city B in 3
1
miles per hour. Will it be able to travel 1,900 miles between city A
5
1
hours?
2
_______________________
1
3
1
feet by 15 feet. Carpeting covers
of the floor. How many square feet
2
2
5
of the floor are carpeted? ________________
10) A room is 20
11) Angel wants to make the following recipe, but he needs
how much of each ingredient he will need. .
3
1
c flour
2
6
2
T butter
3
2 eggs
3
of the original recipe. Determine
5
1
1
c cocoa
3
a. flour __________ b. eggs __________ c. butter ___________ d. cocoa ________