National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Fractions in Everyday Life, a Recipe
Math Forum offers this exciting instructional activity to help young scholars with multiplying and dividing fractions through a recipe made in the classroom.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Strict Fraction Multiplication With Lines
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to multiply fractions. Answers need to be given in lowest terms. Explanations are available for each question, and immediate feedback is provided.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers
Demonstrates how to multiply a fraction by a whole number or a mixed number. Includes two example problems to try.
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Fractions
This resource contains information about fractions and includes ratios, equivalent fractions, basic operations, and reciprocals. Several links for practice problems are also included, along with links to a post and pretest.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns Equivalent Fractions and Non Repeating Decimals
In this lesson, 7th graders determne how to find the repeating decimal using multiplication.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Connor and Makayla Discuss Multiplication
The purpose of this task is to have students think about the meaning of multiplying a number by a fraction, and use this burgeoning understanding of fraction multiplication to make sense of the commutative property of multiplication in...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Making Cookies
This tasks lends itself very well to multiple solution methods. Students may learn a lot by comparing different methods. Students who are already comfortable with fraction multiplication can go straight to the numeric solutions given...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Half of a Recipe
This is the third problem in a series of three tasks involving fraction multiplication that can be solved with pictures or number lines. Aligns with 5.NF.B.6.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Running a Mile
Students complete a task in which they need to use fraction multiplication. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 5.nf Comparing a Number and a Product
The purpose of this task is for students to compare a number and its product with other numbers that are greater than and less than one. Aligns with 5.NF.B.5.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: To Multiply or Not to Multiply?
Many real world problems appear similar. Even when children might know what operation to choose when the problem only involves whole numbers, they often are confused with fractions. It is also important for students to know that 18x25 is...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Folding Strips of Paper
The purpose of this task is to provide learners with a concrete experience they can relate to fraction multiplication. Perhaps more importantly, the task also purposefully relates length and locations of points on a number line, a common...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Room
The purpose of this task is to provide students with a situation in which it is natural for them to divide a unit fraction by a non-zero whole number. Determining the amount of paint that Kulani needs for each wall illustrates an...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Painting a Wall
The purpose of this task is for students to find the answer to a question in context that can be represented by fraction multiplication. This task is appropriate for either instruction or assessment depending on how it is used and where...
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Multiply With Fractions
This site provides students practice with the concept of fraction multiplication. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Find a Fraction of an Amount Hard Examples
Use division and multiplication to find a fraction of an amount.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Repeated Fractional Change
Test your knowledge of multiplying fractions.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Multiply Two Fractions
Multiplies two fractions (and/or mixed numbers) that you enter. Explains in detail the process of multiplying the fractions you entered.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Multiply Fractions and Whole Numbers 1
Practice multiplying a whole number times a fraction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Mixed Numbers Grade 6
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find products of mixed numbers by converting to improper fractions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Mixed Numbers Grade 7
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Multiply fractions and mixed numbers together
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Products of Two Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students find the product of two fractions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt practice...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Multiplication of Fractions by Whole Numbers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the products of fractions and whole numbers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Multiplication of Whole Numbers by Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the product of whole numbers and fractions.