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Bake Sale Fractions: Taking Parts of Pans and Batches

Grade 5 bake sale practice multiplying a fraction by a whole number or a fraction by taking parts of equal partitions.

Grade 5MathInteractive · Printable

Aligned to5.NF.B.4.a

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find a fraction of a whole number by splitting it into equal parts and taking some of the parts.
  • Students find (a/b) × q by computing a × q ÷ b.
  • Students multiply a fraction by a fraction by taking part of a part of a whole.

How to use

Use after introducing fraction multiplication. Have students draw equal groups or fraction bars for each problem before they write the answer.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

5.NF.B.4.a

Understand multiplying a fraction by a whole number or a fraction as taking parts of a partition.

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Bake Sale Fractions: Taking Parts of Pans and Batches

Split into equal parts, then take some of the parts.

Parts of a batch

Split the batch into equal groups. Then take the number of groups you need.

1.
Nia baked 12 muffins. She puts 2/3 of them on the sale table.

Split 12 into 3 equal groups: 12 ÷ 3 =  
Take 2 groups: 2/3 × 12 =   muffins

2.
Kofi baked 20 cookies. 3/4 of the cookies have chocolate chips. How many cookies have chocolate chips?

3/4 × 20 =   cookies

3.
Which way shows how to find 2/5 × 15?
  • A. Split 15 into 2 equal parts and take 5 of the parts.
  • B. Take away 2 from 15, then split what is left into 5 equal parts.
  • C. Split 15 into 5 equal parts and take 2 of the parts.
  • D. Multiply 15 by 5, then split the product into 2 equal parts.

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