LESSON 20: MULTIPLIES A FRACTION AND A WHOLE NUMBER AND

ANOTHER FRACTION

First Quarter : Week 7

EXPLORE AND DISCOVER!

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A. Michelle bought kg of carrots for her pet rabbit. Her
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pet ate of this how many carrots did her pet
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eat?

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To know the amount of carrots the rabbit ate, let us compute . How do we right of
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in a number sentence ?1x = N
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Let’s solve this in two ways
First let us use an illustration to get the product. 3
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3 3
4 4

133x1 = =
3 4 12 4
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The double shaded parts show the parts of the carrot eaten by the rabbit. 1 .When reduced to
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lowest terms is 1
4

So, Michelle’s pet ate ¼ of the carrots.

Let’s solve 1 x 3 again, this time through computations.
3 4
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STEP 1
Multiply the numerators 3 x 4 =

1 3
STEP 2 Multiply the denominators 3 x 4= 3
12

STEP 3 Reduce the product to lowest terms ÷3 =3 1

12 3 4

Study these other examples:

1 1
of 4
== or 8 x 8 4

If we have a whole number like 8 we can also write it as a fraction with a denominator of 1.
1 1 1
4 X 8 = 12,because 1 x 8 = 0r 82 1 1
4 4 of 8 =2
4 4 1 4 4 4

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so4 x 8 = 4 = 2
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Direction : Cut each strip. You may paste them in a chipboard or cartolina to make them harder.

If 2/3 of the apples above are green, then how many are green apples ? Color them to
show your answer ?

If 6/7 of the socks are black,

then how many pieces are
not black ? Color them to
show

ofof the pizza shown will be

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given
2 to 4my classmate. Draw line/s on it to
show the part to be given.
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Read the problem:

A. Ramona has yard4 of a beautiful lace. She gave of it to2 her friend for their project.
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What part of the lace did Ramona give to her friend ?

B. Bon bought 8 kilos of mango in the market. He shared of2 it with his relatives for their
outing. How many kilos of mango did he share? 3

C. One fifth of the 40 pupils of Miss Ramos are Math Club members. How many pupils are
Math Club members ?

APPLY YOUR SKILLS !

Find the product. Always express answers in lowest terms.
1. What is 2,andof 5? __________________
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2. What is the product of 3/4 ,4 and ½ ? __________

3. What is the value of N ? 5 x ¾ x =2N

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4. Multiply, 2 3
and 4.The answer is ________.
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5. What is the product of 5 , ½ and? _________
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