To multiply a fraction by a whole number, multiply the numerator (the top number of the fraction) by the whole number and keep the same denominator (the bottom number of the fraction).

Learn how to multiply a whole number by a fraction, using both visual and computational methods. Multiplying 1/2 by 5 can be understood as adding five 1/2's together, resulting in 5/2.

Practice matching fraction diagrams and number lines to multiplication expressions.

Why have just one way to multiply fractions when you can have four? Learn how to use number lines, the fraction model, the area model, and word problems to multiply fractions like a pro.

Multiplying fractions and whole numbers visually Learn Fraction multiplication on the number line

Use area models, number lines, and tape diagrams to multiply a whole number times a fraction.

Learn the concept of multiplying fractions and whole numbers. Watch how to visually represent this process and practice understanding the relationship between fractions and whole numbers in …

We can multiply fractions by whole numbers on the number line. We multiply them by adding the fraction multiple times, just like we do with whole numbers.

It's easier than trying to multiply with 1 number then you simplify the improper fraction answer. The rest of the stuff is just trying to help break up the numbers using partials so we understand what's really …

Equivalent whole number and fraction multiplication expressions Math> 4th grade math> Multiply fractions> Multiplying whole numbers and fractions