Math Drills

Multiplying 3 Fractions

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Word Problems (Consecutive Percentages)

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 6 (Elementary School)
Topic: Multiplication of Fractions
Worksheet: Multiplying 3 Fractions

The center is calculation multiplying three fractions in a row, with word problems in three shapes laid on top: a question applying a percentage twice over, a question multiplying a whole number by two fractions so that the answer comes out whole, and a question using parentheses to gather a sum or a difference into one expression.

In the question gathering into one expression with parentheses, the parentheses get dropped, the first two are multiplied, and the rest is added or subtracted afterward. A paper that went correctly always keeps a stage where what stood inside the parentheses was gathered into a single fraction.

The procedure of producing a product while simplifying is complete here. That procedure works as the part after a division has been rewritten as a multiplication, in Fraction ÷ Whole Number and Whole Number ÷ Fraction.

3 Terms, Successive Ratios3 questions
3 Terms, Applying Ratios in Stages (Whole-Number Answer)2 questions

Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Multiplication of Fractions”, shown with their answers.

(1)In a 2/3m² flower garden, tulips were planted in 2/3 of it. Of those, 3/4 are red tulips. What is the area of the red tulip section, in how many m²? Answer □
Answer: 1/3m²
(2)In a 4/5m² flower garden, tulips were planted in 3/4 of it. Of those, 1/2 are red tulips. What is the area of the red tulip section, in how many m²? Answer □
Answer: 3/10m²
(3)There is a schoolyard with a total area of 1800m². Of that, 1/2 is a playground, and 1/4 of the playground is a flower bed. What is the area of the flower bed in how many m²? Answer □
Answer: 225m²
(4)There is a park with a total area of 360m². Of that, 1/3 is a ground, and 4/5 of the ground is a pond. What is the area of the pond in how many m²? Answer □
Answer: 96m²
(5)There is a 5/8m ribbon. We cut off 2/5 of the length that is 1/3 of it. How long, in how many m, is the piece we cut off? Answer □
Answer: 1/12m