MULTIPLY & DIVIDE
FRACTIONS
GUIDED NOTES
Study Guides, Key Ideas, Vocabulary & Practice
✓ Multiply Fractions
✓ Dividing Fractions
✓ Dividing Mixed Numbers
MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS
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Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.
𝟑 𝟏
a) Find × .
𝟓 𝟐
3 1 3×1 Multiply the numerators.
×2 = 5×2 Multiply the denominators.
5
3
= 10
𝟕 𝟏
b) Find × .
𝟖 𝟕
7 1 7×1 Multiply the numerators.
× 7 = 8×7 Multiply the denominators.
9 8
You have of a large 1
10
7×1
bottle of juice. You pour = 8×7 Divide out common factors.
1 1
of the juice into a cup. 1
8 =8
How much of the entire
bottle did you pour into Multiply. Write the answer
the cup? in simplest form.
2 1
×
9 3
4 7
×
5 10
8 3
×
9 15
To write the reciprocal of a number, write the
reciprocal number as a fraction. Then invert the fraction.
A value that when
multiplied by a Write the reciprocal of each number.
𝟐 5 1
fraction produces a a) →
𝟓 2
b) 𝟕 →
7
value of 1.
To divide a Multiply the reciprocal
FRACTIONS
𝟏 𝟐
Find ÷ . 𝟐 𝟑
number by a
DIVIDING
𝟓 𝟑 of 𝟑 , which is 𝟐.
fraction, 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑
multiply the 𝟓
÷ = ×
𝟑 𝟓 𝟐
number by
the reciprocal =
𝟑
Divide. Write the
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of the
𝟏𝟎
answer in simplest form.
fraction. 1
1. 2 ÷ 3
A piece of wood is
5 feet long. How
5
many --foot pieces 3 1
6 2. ÷
can you cut from 8 4
the piece of wood?
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3 2
Find 1 7 ÷ 3 .
Dividing Mixed
Numbers 3
17 ÷ 3 =
2 10 2
3
÷ 3 Write 1 7 number as
7 an improper fraction.
Write each mixed
number as an =
10
7
3 Multiply by the reciprocal
× 2 of 2 , which is 3.
3 2
improper fraction.
5
Then divide as you =
10 × 3
Multiply. Divide out
7×2
would with proper 1 the common factors.
fractions. =
15
= 27
1
7
Divide. Write the answer in simplest form.
1 5
1)
1
24 ÷
3
2)
3
34 ÷
1
2 12 3) 9 6 ÷ 6
4
1
A bag contains 21 cups of popcorn. You eat 2 3 cups of
popcorn each day. How many days does the bag of popcorn last?
MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS
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Multiply the numerators and multiply the denominators.
𝟑 𝟏
a) Find × .
𝟓 𝟐
3 1 3×1 Multiply the numerators.
×2 = 5×2 Multiply the denominators.
5
3
= 10
𝟕 𝟏
b) Find × .
𝟖 𝟕
7 1 7×1 Multiply the numerators.
× 7 = 8×7 Multiply the denominators.
9 8
You have of a large 1
10
7×1
bottle of juice. You pour = 8×7 Divide out common factors.
1 1
of the juice into a cup. 1
8 =8
How much of the entire
bottle did you pour into Multiply. Write the answer
the cup? in simplest form.
𝟗 2 1 𝟐
× 𝟐𝟕
𝟖𝟎 9 3
4 7 𝟏𝟒
× 𝟐𝟓
5 10
8 3 𝟖
×
9 15 𝟒𝟓
To write the reciprocal of a number, write the
reciprocal number as a fraction. Then invert the fraction.
A value that when
multiplied by a Write the reciprocal of each number.
𝟐 5 1
fraction produces a a) →
𝟓 2
b) 𝟕 →
7
value of 1.
To divide a Multiply the reciprocal
FRACTIONS
𝟏 𝟐
Find ÷ . 𝟐 𝟑
number by a
DIVIDING
𝟓 𝟑 of 𝟑 , which is 𝟐.
fraction, 𝟏 𝟐 𝟏 𝟑
multiply the 𝟓
÷ = ×
𝟑 𝟓 𝟐
number by
the reciprocal =
𝟑
Divide. Write the
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of the
𝟏𝟎
answer in simplest form.
fraction. 1
1. 2 ÷ 3
𝟏
A piece of wood is 𝟔
5 feet long. How
5
many --foot pieces 3 1
6 2. ÷
can you cut from 8 4
the piece of wood?
𝟏
𝟔 pieces 𝟏𝟐
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3 2
Find 1 7 ÷ 3 .
Dividing Mixed
Numbers 3
17 ÷ 3 =
2 10 2
3
÷ 3 Write 1 7 number as
7 an improper fraction.
Write each mixed
number as an =
10
7
3 Multiply by the reciprocal
× 2 of 2 , which is 3.
3 2
improper fraction.
5
Then divide as you =
10 × 3
Multiply. Divide out
7×2
would with proper 1 the common factors.
fractions. =
15
= 27
1
7
Divide. Write the answer in simplest form.
1 5
1)
1
24 ÷
3
2)
3
34 ÷
1
2 12 3) 9 6 ÷ 6
4
𝟑 𝟒
𝟏 𝟏𝟏
𝟓
1
A bag contains 21 cups of popcorn. You eat 2 3 cups of
popcorn each day. How many days does the bag of popcorn last?
9 days
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