MULTIPLYING

FRACTIONS and MIXED

NUMBERS
(Word Problem)
 1. Lianne spent 2/5 of her savings to buy a
gift for her mother. If her saving was ₱ 600.00,
how much did she spend for the gift?
› Solution:
 

₱ 600.00 = = ₱ 240.00

Therefore, Lianne spend ₱ 240.00 for the gift of

her mother.
 2. Kianna had ₱480.00 and Kyla had ₱420.00. Kyla
shared 1/6 of his money and Kianna shared 1/8 of her
money to buy a book that they both wanted to read. How
much money did they share to buy the book?
› Solution:
 
₱480.00
= = 60 +70= ₱ 130.00

Therefore, Kianna and Kyla share ₱ 130.00 to

buy the book.
 3. Pilar bought 8 ¾ kg of fruits. She put 5/8
of them in a nicely wrapped basket. How
many kilograms of fruits were in the basket?
Solution:
› 
=

Therefore, there are kilograms of fruits in the

 

basket.
 4. Willy has painted 2/3 of the wall. After painting
¼ of the unpainted portion, how much more does
he need to paint to finish painting the wall?
Solution:
› 
=

Therefore, Willy need to paint of the wall to

 

finish painting.
 5. Mila used 2/3 of a 3 ½ meters of ribbon
for her art project. How many meters of
ribbon were left?
› 
Solution: =

Therefore, there are

meters of ribbon left
for Mila’s art project.
 6. Kristine is carrying a basket containing 36
eggs. When she took them out of the basket,
she found 8 cracked eggs. What fraction of
the eggs is not cracked?
› 

Therefore, t
7. Kyla saves 2/5 of her daily allowance. She
spends the rest for lunch and snacks. If she saves
₱80.00 of her allowance, how much is her daily allowance?
Solution: Let N= daily allowance
› 
= ₱80.00
5(= 5(₱80.00)
2= ₱400.00

= ₱200.00 Therefore, Kyla’s daily

allowance is ₱ 200.00.
 8. Ronnel spent 1/5 of his money to buy food. He
then spent ¼ of the remaining money to buy a
magazine. If he had ₱360.00 left in his wallet, how
much money did he have at first? 
Solution:
= ₱360.00
Let N= original money = ₱360.00
)= 20(₱360.00)
Original money- total expenses= ₱360.00

› 
= N= ₱655.00
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