Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers

Intervention
Lesson H47
Name
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
Materials counters, 24 for each student or pair, a loop of yarn
are vintage
Brianna has 15 model cars in her collection. Of the 15, 2
3
cars. How many of her cars are vintage?
× 15 by answering 1 to 5.
​of 15 or 2
Find 2
3
3
1. Show 15 counters in 3 equal rows.
2. Each row has 1
of the counters. Put the
3
loop of yarn around 2 rows to find 2
.
3
Circle 2 rows of counters at the right.
3. How many counters did you circle?
4. What is 2
of 15 or 2
× 15?
3
3
5. How many of Brianna’s cars are vintage?
5
When you put the 15 counters into 3 rows,
2
15
you found 15 , 3. This can also be shown as: ×
1
3
1
6. What is left is 2 × 5. What is the product?
Find 5
× 24 by answering 7 to 10.
6
7. Show the product with counters and yarn. Circle the counters at the right.
8. What is 24 , 6?
Show this by crossing out and changing
numbers below.
□
5 × 24
1
6
□
9. What product is left?
×
=
× 24?
10. What is 5
6
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H47 (student p. 1)
MDIS 2.0
Intervention
Lesson H47
Name
Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers
(continued)
Find each product.
11. 8 × 45
9
12. 42 × 3
7
13. 7 of 96
12
14. 2 × 77
11
15. 3 × 64
8
16. 1 of 102
6
17. 2 × 72
9
18. 3 × 168
19. 2 of 25
5
20. 7 × 81
9
21. 1 × 52
2
22. 2 of 66
3
4
Use the information in the table for Exercises 23 and 24.
Zoo Animals
Population
Zoo Animals
Population
Wild Dogs
10
Elephants
3
Monkeys
21
Tigers
8
Bears
18
Giraffes
5
23. If 2 of the monkey population are spider monkeys, how many
7
spider monkeys are at the zoo?
24. If 3​of the animals listed are female, how many females are in
5
the list?
25. You earned $141 babysitting last month. You told your
parents that you will saved 2 of your earnings. How much did
3
you save last month?
26. Emperor penguins are approximately 45 inches tall, while
rockhopper penguins are about 5​of that height. How tall is a
9
typical rockhopper penguin?
27. Reasoning If you know that 3 of a number is 18, what
4
is 1 of the same number?
4
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H47 (student p. 2)
MDIS 2.0