This document contains practice problems for multiplying fractions and evaluating expressions. There are 21 problems involving multiplying fractions, finding products, estimating products using compatible numbers, evaluating expressions with variables, and solving word problems involving fractions of quantities. The problems cover a range of skills including multiplying fractions in simplest form, identifying and correcting errors in finding products, evaluating expressions by substituting values for variables, and setting up and solving multi-step word problems involving fractions.

1. Name____________________________________________________________Date___________
2.2 Practice A
Multiply. Write the answer in simplest form.
1
1.
7 ´ 2.
8
1 4
5
´ 3.
2 ´
8
3
4.
6 4
´ 5.
3
5 9
6
´ 6.
15 3
10
´
7.
5 32
8
´ 8.
7 20
5
´ 9.
14 8
21
´
10.
2 12
9
´ 11.
25 2
´ 12.
5
5 ´
30
6
13. Describe and correct the error in finding the product.
Use compatible numbers to estimate the product.
14.
1 19
4
´ 15.
36 1
´ 16.
5
31 5
´ 17.
8
21 5
6
´
18. You have 18 t-shirts and
2
3
of them are in the laundry. How many of your
t-shirts need to be washed?
19. More than two inches of rain fell in
4
7
of the last 42 months. In how many
months did more than two inches of rain fall?
20. You have $20 and your friend has $24. If you spend
2
5
of your money and
your friend spends
3
8
of her money, who spent more? How much more?
21. A recent survey reported that four out of five people prefer Brand A over
Brand B. If 500 people were surveyed, how many more people prefer
Brand A?
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2. Name____________________________________________________________Date___________
2.2 Practice B
Multiply. Write the answer in simplest form.
1
1.
8 ´ 2.
10
1 9
6
´ 3.
3 ´
15
5
4.
12 5
´ 5.
3
5 21
7
´ 6.
20 3
8
´
7.
7 36
9
´ 8.
13 24
12
´ 9.
35 9
14
´
10. Describe and correct the error in finding the product.
Use compatible numbers to estimate the product.
11.
1 29
6
´ 12.
41 2
´ 13.
5
28 7
9
´
Evaluate the expression when x = 12, y = 5,
8
and z = 24.
14.
2
3
· x 15. 10 · y 16. yz 17.
3x
z
18. Your grandparents have a back yard that is 60 feet long and 48 feet wide.
They are making a garden that is half the length and
2
3
the width. What is
the area of the garden?
19. You bought 40 packages of streamers that were red, white, and blue.
One-fourth of the streamers were red and
2
5
of the streamers were blue.
How many packages of white streamers did you buy?
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