About this worksheet
A whole number is a fraction over 1, so 4 × 2/3 is 4/1 × 2/3 = 8/3, or 2 2/3. Seeing it as repeated addition (2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3) helps younger students.
This generator makes worksheets for multiplying a fraction by a whole number, written both ways round (4 × 2/3 and 2/3 × 4). Answers are whole numbers or mixed numbers in simplest form.
Multiply. Write each answer as a whole number or a mixed number in simplest form.
A whole number is a fraction over 1, so 4 × 2/3 is 4/1 × 2/3 = 8/3, or 2 2/3. Seeing it as repeated addition (2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3 + 2/3) helps younger students.
Ask for the answer as a mixed number and as an improper fraction on the first sheet, so both forms stay familiar.
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