SSAT Middle Level Math : How to multiply fractions

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #301 : How To Multiply Fractions

Select the answer choice that is equal to the following: 

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we multiply a whole number by a fraction, we multiply the whole number by the numerator, and the denominator stays the same. 

Example Question #302 : How To Multiply Fractions

Solve the following: 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we multiply a fraction by a whole number, we first want to make the whole number into a fraction. We do that by putting the whole number over  Then we multiply like normal. 

Example Question #812 : Fractions

Solve the following:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When we multiply fractions, we multiply the numerator by the numerator and the denominator by the denominator. 

Example Question #711 : Common Core Math: Grade 4

Linda is having her friends over for a game night. If each person at the game night will drink  of a liter of soda, and there will be  people at the game night, the number of liters of soda that Linda and her friends will drink is between the numbers:

Possible Answers:

 and 

 and 

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 and 

Correct answer:

 and 

Explanation:

 because  can go into  five times, with  left over.

 is between the whole numbers  and .

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