Lesson 8.

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Multiply a Fraction or Mixed Number Numbers and Operations—
Fractions—4.NF.B.4c
by a Whole Number MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES
Essential Question How can you multiply a fraction by a whole number MP1, MP4
to solve a problem?

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Christina is planning a dance routine. At the end of
• Will Christina make more
each measure of music, she will make a 1 1_4 turn. How many or less than 1 1_4 turns in
turns will she make after the first 3 measures of music? 3 measures of music?

You can multiply a mixed number by a whole number.

• What operation will you use
Example to solve the problem?

STEP 1 Write and solve an equation.

3 × 11
__ = 3 × ____ = _____ Write 1 1_ as a fraction. Multiply.
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4

STEP 2 Write the product as a mixed number.

15
___ = 1
__ + 1
__ + 1
__ + 1
__ + + + + + + + + + + +
4 4 4 4 4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1 1 1 1
__ 1
__ 1
__
+ + + + +
4 4 4

= + ____ Combine the wholes. Then combine the remaining parts.

= ____ Write the mixed number.

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So, Christina will make _ turns. Talk
Generalize How is writing
the mixed number as a
1. If you multiply 3 × 1_4 , is the product greater than or fraction in Step 2 related
to division?
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less than 3? Explain.

2. Explain how you can tell that 3 × 1 1_4 is greater than 3

without finding the exact product.

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 Rename Mixed Numbers and Fractions You can
use multiplication and division to rename fractions and
mixed numbers.
The Identity Property of
Multiplication states that the
product of any number and
1 is that number.

Write 8​  1_5 ​as a fraction. __ ​as a mixed number.

Write ​  32
5

8​1
__​ = 8 + 1
__
​​ Find how many groups of ​ 5_5 ​are in ​ 32
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5 5
= (8 × _ ) + 1
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= ​ 8 × ​____​  ​ + 1
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of wholes in ​ 32
5
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= ​_____​ + ​____​ Multiply. number of fifths left over.
   
There are 6 groups of ​ 55_ ​, or 6 wholes.
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2
  
There are 2 fifths, or ​ 5 ​left over.
= ​_____​ Add.
32
___
​ ​=  ​____​
5

Try This! Find 5 ∙ 2​  2_3 ​. Write the product as a mixed number.

5 × 2 2_​ ​= 5 × _ Write 2​  2_3 ​as a fraction.

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= Multiply.
_
=_ Divide the numerator by 3.

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4. Sense or Nonsense? To find 5 × 2​  2_3 ​, Dylan says he can find

(5 × 2) + (​ 5 × ​  2_3 ​  )​. Does this make sense? Explain.

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1. 2 × 32_ = 2 ×
3 _

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Multiply. Write the product as a mixed number.

2. 6 × 2_ = 3. 3 × 23_ = 4. 2 × 15_ =
5 _ 4 _ 6 _

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Evaluate Reasonableness
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answer to Exercise 3 is
reasonable?
Multiply. Write the product as a mixed number.

5. 4 × 5_ = 5
6. 6 × __ = 7. 3 × 21_ =
8 _ 12 _ 2 _

8. 2 × 22_ = 9. 5 × 12_ = 10. 4 × 22_ =

3 _ 4 _ 5 _

MATHEMATICAL
PRACTICE 7 Look for a Pattern Algebra Write the unknown number.

2 = 72
11. × 21_ = 91_ 12. 3 × 2____ _ 13. 3 × 3
_ = 41_
3 3 4 8 8

14. Describe two different ways to write 37_ as a mixed number.

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15. Otis plans to make 3 batches of sidewalk chalk. How much

plaster of Paris does he need?

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SMARTER _3 cup warm water
17. Patty has 2 cups of 4
warm water. Is that enough water to 1 1_2 cups plaster of Paris
make 4 batches of sidewalk chalk? 2 2_3 tablespoons powdered
Explain how you know without finding paint
the exact product.

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18. DEEPER Rita makes sidewalk chalk 2 days a week.
Each of those days, she spends 11_ hours making the chalk.
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How much time does Rita spend making sidewalk chalk
in 3 weeks?

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19. SMARTER Oliver has music lessons Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday. Each lesson is __34 of an hour. Oliver
says he will have lessons for 3__12 hours this week. Without
multiplying, explain how you know Oliver is incorrect.

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Name
Lesson 8.4
Multiply a Fraction or Mixed Number by
a Whole Number COMMON CORE STANDARD—4.NF.B.4c
Build fractions from unit fractions by applying
and extending previous understandings of
operations on whole numbers.
Multiply. Write the product as a mixed number.

3 = 5
1__ 3 3
1. 5 × ___ 10 2. 3 × __ = 3. 5 × __ =
10 _ _ 5 __ 4 __

4. 4 × 11
__ = 5. 2 × 21
__ = 6. 5 × 11
__ =
5 __ 3 __ 6 __

Problem
Problem Solving
Solving

7. Brielle exercises for 3_4 hour each day for 8. A recipe for quinoa calls for 2 2_3 cups of milk.
6 days in a row. Altogether, how many hours Conner wants to make 4 batches of quinoa.
does she exercise during the 6 days? How much milk does he need?

9. WRITE Math Write a word problem that you can solve by

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multiplying a mixed number by a whole number. Include a

solution.

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Lesson Check (4.NF.B.4c)
1. A mother is 1 3_4 times as tall as her son. Her 2. The cheerleaders are making a banner that
son is 3 feet tall. How tall is the mother? is 8 feet wide. The length of the banner is
1 1_3 times the width of the banner. How long
is the banner?

Spiral Review (4.NF.B.3c, 4.NF.B.4a, 4.NF.B.4b)

3. Karleigh walks 5_8 mile to school every day. 4. Write a fraction that is a multiple of 4_5 .
How far does she walk to school in 5 days?

5. Jo cut a key lime pie into 8 equal-size slices. 6. Over the weekend, Ed spent 1 1_4 hours
The next day, 7_8 of the pie is left. Jo puts each doing his math homework and 1 3_4 hours
slice on its own plate. How many plates doing his science project. Altogether, © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

does she need? how much time did Ed spend doing

homework over the weekend?

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