Today's lesson focused on the multiplication of fractions.
Complete the following problems and reduce them to lowest terms.
1.) 3/4 * 2/3 2.) 4/5 * 3/8
3.) 9/12 * 6/9 4.) 12/15 * 6/16
What was the pattern with numbers 1-4? Explain.
5.) 2/3 * 1/8 6.) 5/8 * 9/10
7.) 4/5 * 7/7 8.) 2/7 * 6/6
What was the pattern with # 7 and # 8? Explain.
9.) 1/3 * 3/1 10.) 3/8 * 16/6
What was the pattern with #9 and #10? Explain.
11.) At Evergreen, 1/4 of the students said that ice cream was their favorite dessert. Of that 1/4, 2/3 said that chocolate was their favorite ice cream flavor. What fraction of all the Evergreen students said that chocolate ice cream was their favorite dessert?
12.) Bryant went to the Dollar Store and bought a bucket of army soldiers. 1/2 of the soldiers were green. Out of that 1/2 of green soldiers, 1/5 were defective. What fraction of the entire bucket were the defective green soldiers?
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