Practice Exercises: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers

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Directions: Perform the necessary operation in each exercise below. Be sure to simplify your result, if necessary. Click once in an ANSWER BOX and type in your answer; then click ENTER. After you click ENTER, a message will appear in the RESULTS BOX to indicate whether your answer is correct or incorrect. To start over, click CLEAR.

Note: To write the fraction three-fourths, enter 3/4 into the form. To write the mixed number four and two-thirds, enter 4, a space, and then 2/3 into the form.

1.  A baker uses 5/6 cups of flour to make a cake. How many cups of flour will he need to make 8 cakes?
 
 
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8.   Bill drank 7/8 of a 12-ounce bottle of water. Kate drank 2/3 as much juice as Bill did. How many ounces of water did Kate drink?
 
 
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9.   Nathan has 6 and 2/3 centimeters of candy. He divides the candy into pieces that are 1 and 1/5 centimeters long. How many pieces of candy will he have?
 
 
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10. A piece of string is 21 inches long. How many 3/4-inch pieces can be cut from it?
 
 
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Lessons on Multiplying and Dividing Fractions and Mixed Numbers
1. Multiplying Fractions
2. Multiplying Fractions by Cancelling Common Factors
3. Multiplying Mixed Numbers
4. Reciprocals
5. Dividing Fractions
6. Dividing Mixed Numbers
6. Solving Word Problems
7. Practice Exercises
8. Challenge Exercises
9. Solutions

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