Visual

Learning
Glossary
How Can You Find the Product Visual Learning Bridge

of Two Fractions?
A

Amelia takes pictures with her smartphone.

​​ 56 ​​are of animals. What
Of the pictures, __ ​​  34 ​​ of her
__

fraction of all her pictures are of dogs? animal photos

are of dogs.

You need to
find __
​​   ​​  of __
3 5
4 6
​​   ​​  to answer
the question.

B Step 1 C Step 2
​​  34 ​ × __
Estimate __ ​  5 ​​. Multiply the numerators. Then multiply the
6
denominators.
Since both fractions are less
than 1, the product will be less 3 ​ × __
​​ __ ​  3 × 5  ​​
​  5 ​ = ____
4 6 4×6
than 1.
​  15 ​ 
​= ___
24
​​  15 ​ < 1​, the answer is reasonable.
Since ___
24
15
So, ​​ __
24
​​  58 ​​of all Amelia’s pictures have
 ​​ or _
dogs in them.
___15
​​    __5
 ​​  and ​​    ​​ are
24 8
equivalent fractions.

Convince Me!  Model with Math  __ 1

​​  10
  ​​of the animal pictures on
Amelia’s smartphone are of cats. Write and solve an equation to
find what fraction of all her pictures have cats in them.

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Practice Tools Assessment

Do You Understand? Do You Know How?

1. Is the product of _​​ 36 ​​ × _​​  54 ​​equal to the In 3–10, find each product.
product of _​​  34 ​​  × _​​  56 ​​ ? Explain how you
know. ​​  2 ​ × __
3. __ ​  1 ​​ ​​  5 ​  of __
4. __ ​  1 ​​ 
3 2 9 9

5. __ ​  34 ​​ 
​​  7  ​ × __ ​​  1 ​  × __
6. __ ​  14  ​​
10 3

2. How is adding _​​ 39 ​​ and _​​  69 ​​ different from

multiplying the two fractions? Explain. ​​  5 ​ of __
7. __ ​  37 ​​ ​​  35 ​  × __
8. __ ​  11 ​​ 
6 12

​​  4  ​ × __
9. __ ​  25 ​​  ​​  34 ​  × __
10. __ ​  2  ​​
10 9

In 11–30, find each product.

​​  9  ​ × __
11. ___ ​  1 ​​ ​​  5 ​ × __
12. __ ​  1 ​​ ​​  47 ​  of __
13. __ ​  7 ​​  ​​  34 ​  × __
14. __ ​  45  ​​
10 2 6 3 9

​​  2 ​  × __
15. ___ ​  7 ​​  ​​  5 ​ of __
16. __ ​  11 ​​  ​  34 ​​ 
​​  1 ​  of __
17. __ ​​  67 ​  × __
18. __ ​  3  ​​
3 8 6 12 3 8

19. ___ ​  5  ​​ 

​​  25 ​  of __ ​​  2 ​  × __
20. __ ​  45 ​​  ​​  1 ​  × __
21. __ ​  1 ​​  ​  8 ​​ 
​​  1 ​  of __
22. __
12 3 2 2 2 9

23. ( ​  1 ​)​ × __
​  1 ​ + __
​​ __ ​  34 ​​ 24. (
​​ __ ​  27 ​ )​ × __
​  37 ​  + __ ​  2 ​​  (​   ​  + ​   ​ )​​
1 ​  × ​ __
25. ​​ __ 1 __ 1 26. (
​​ __ ​  3  ​)
​  9  ​ − __ ​  14 ​​ 
  ​ × __
6 6 3 2 3 3 10 10

​​  2 ​ × (
27. __ ​ __ ​  15 ​)​​
​  35 ​ + __ 28. (
​​ __ ​  1 ​)​ × __
​  8 ​ − __ ​  34 ​​ 29. ( ​  1 ​ )​ × __
​  5  ​ + __
​​ __ ​  5 ​​  ​​  11 ​ × (
30. __ ​  1 ​ )​​
​  34 ​  − __
​ __
3 9 3 12 6 6 12 2

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31. Eduardo runs 6 laps around the track at
Lincoln Park School. Then he runs 3​​ _12 ​​ miles
to get home. How far will he run in all?
Show your work. ​​  1 ​​-mile track
__
4

32. Be Precise  To amend the U.S. 33. Higher Order Thinking  In Ms. Barclay’s
Constitution, _​​  34 ​​of the 50 states must classroom, _​​  25 ​​of the students play chess.
approve the amendment. If 35 states Of the students who play chess, ​​ _56 ​​ also
approve an amendment, will the play sudoku. If there are 30 students
Constitution be amended? in her class, how many play chess and
sudoku?

34. One sheet of stamps is shown at the right. Emma USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

needs to buy 50 stamps to send out invitations
for her graduation party. Will 2 sheets of stamps
USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

be enough? How do you know?
USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

USA FIRST-CLASS FOREVER

Assessment Practice
35. Choose all the expressions that have ​​ _34 ​​ as 36. Choose all the multiplication sentences
a product. that have _​​  13 ​​as the missing part.
1 ​ × __
​  1 ​​
​​ __
2 2
​​ __
5
​  5  ​ =
4 ​ × ___ ​
12
9  ​ × __ ​  5 ​​ 1 ​ ×
​​ ___
10 6
​​ __
4
​  1 ​​
= __
6
​​ __ ​  6 ​​
7 ​ × __ 7 ​ ×
​​ __ ​  7  ​​ 
= ___
8 7 8 24
3 ​ × __ ​  3 ​​ 5 ​ × __
​​ __
4 4
​​ __ ​  2 ​ = ​
6 5
1 ​ × __ ​  1 ​​ 1 ​ × __
​​ __
4 2
​​ __ ​  2 ​ = ​
6 3

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