Fraction Multiplication and Related Operations
Comprehensive quiz covering fraction multiplication, reciprocals, equivalent fractions, mixed fractions, and applications in word problems for Class VI students.
Questions
Which of the following is the reciprocal of $\dfrac{7}{9}$ ?
- $\dfrac {3}{7}$
- $\dfrac {5}{8}$
- $\dfrac {9}{7}$
- $\dfrac {6}{5}$
By what number should we multiply ${(-8)}^{-1}$ to obtain ${12}^{-1}$?
- $\dfrac{1}{4}$
- $\dfrac{-2}{3}$
- <span>$-2$</span>
- $\dfrac{-3}{2}$
Simplify $\dfrac{2}{4} \times \dfrac{3}{7}$
- $\dfrac{3}{14}$
- $\dfrac{6}{14}$
- $\dfrac{3}{17}$
- $\dfrac{6}{17}$
A farmer has 192 animals, out of which $\dfrac{7}{16}$ are cattles. $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of cattles are dairy cows. How many dairy cows he has?
- $128$
- $84$
- $56$
- $112$
Solve: $2 \dfrac { 1 } { 2 } \mathrm { } \text { of } 10 \mathrm { cm }$
- <span>30 cm</span>
- 25 cm
- 20 cm
- 50 cm
Simplify the expression $2\dfrac{1}{4}\times \dfrac{5}{12}+\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $\dfrac{23}{16}$
- $5\dfrac{5}{2}$
- $4\dfrac{3}{3}$
- $3\dfrac{1}{5}$
Reciprocal of $2\dfrac{1}{5}+3\dfrac{2}{5}$
- $\dfrac{11}{17}$
- <span>$\dfrac{5}{28}$</span>
- $\dfrac{17}{12}$
- <span>$\dfrac{12}{28}$</span>
The value of $\displaystyle 999\frac{995}{999}\times 999$ is
- $990809$
- $998996$
- $999824$
- $998999$
What is the value of $\cfrac{1}{9}$ of $\cfrac{1}{6}$ of $\cfrac{1}{3}$ of $56052 ?$
- $356$
- $336$
- $376$
- $346$
What is the product $\displaystyle \left ( 1-\frac{1}{2} \right )\left ( 1-\frac{1}{3} \right )\left ( 1-\frac{1}{4} \right )......\left ( 1-\frac{1}{n} \right )$ equal to when simplified?
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{n}$
- $1$
- $2$
- $0$
If a man spends $\displaystyle \frac{5}{6}$ th part of money and then earns $\displaystyle \frac{1}{62}$ part of the remaining money, what part of his money is with him now?
- $\displaystyle Rs\frac{1}{4}$
- <span>$\displaystyle Rs\frac{3}{4}$</span>
- <span>$\displaystyle Rs\frac{5}{4}$</span>
- <span>$\displaystyle Rs\frac{1}{5}$</span>
The value of $\displaystyle 15$ of $\cfrac{1}{5}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{75}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{151}{5}$
- $3$
- $-3$
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle 3\frac{1}{2}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac{7}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{2}{7}$
- $\displaystyle 1\frac{2}{3}$
- none
$\cfrac {4}{7}\times \cfrac {7}{4}\times 0=.......$
- $28$
- $1$
- $0$
- none
Find $x$ if $\left (\cfrac {1}{2}\times \cfrac {1}{3}\right )\times \cfrac {1}{4}= x \times \left (\cfrac {1}{3}\times \cfrac {1}{4}\right )$.
- 1
- $\dfrac {1}{5}$
- $\dfrac {1}{2}$
- $\dfrac {1}{3}$
Product of $\displaystyle \frac {12}{24}$ and $\displaystyle \frac {36}{72}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac {16}{24}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {3}{5}$
- $4$
- $\displaystyle \frac {1}{4}$
Reciprocal of $3\displaystyle \frac {1}{2}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac {7}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {2}{7}$
- $1\displaystyle \frac {2}{3}$
- None of these
If 0.111 is approximately equal to $\displaystyle\frac{1}{9}$ then the approximate value of 0.777 is
- $\displaystyle\frac{5}{9}$
- $\displaystyle\frac{7}{9}$
- $\displaystyle\frac{2}{9}$
- $\displaystyle\frac{1}{9}$
The product of two rational numbers $\displaystyle \frac{-9}{16}$. If one of the numbers is $\displaystyle \frac{-4}{3}$ then the other number is:
- $\displaystyle \frac{36}{48}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{25}{64}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{27}{49}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{27}{64}$
The product of a rational number and its reciprocal is
- $0$
- $1$
- $-1$
- none
The reciprocal of 14 is
- $\displaystyle \frac { 14 }{ 1 }$
- $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 14 }$
- 14
- 1
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle \frac {7} {2} $ is-
- $\displaystyle 3\frac {1} {2} $
- $\displaystyle \frac {2} {7} $
- $\displaystyle \frac {7} {2} $
- None of these
Product of $\displaystyle \frac {10} {11} \times \frac {15} {3}\times \frac {0} {5}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac {10} {33} $
- 0
- $\displaystyle \frac {150} {495} $
- None of these
$\displaystyle 20\times \frac {1} {4}\times .........= 0 $
- 5
- 6
- 0
- None of these
If $ \displaystyle \left | x \right | =\left | \frac{-3}{5} \right | $ and $ \displaystyle \left | y \right | =\left | \frac{4}{-7} \right | $ find $ \displaystyle \left | x \right | \times\left | y \right | $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{12}{35} $
- 1
- 0
- $ \displaystyle \frac{35}{12} $
Product of $\dfrac {12}{24}$ and $\dfrac {36}{72}$ is
- $\dfrac {16}{24}$
- $\dfrac {3}{5}$
- $4$
- $\dfrac {1}{4}$
Multiply $1\frac {1}{3}\times 3\frac {1}{4}\times \frac {7}{8}$
- $3\frac {18}{24}$
- $2\frac {19}{24}$
- $3\frac {19}{24}$
- $2\frac {18}{24}$
The daily consumption of milk of a family is $3\dfrac {1}{4}$ litres. The quantity of milk consumed by the family during the month of June 2008 is
- $90$ litres
- $100\dfrac {1}{2}litres$
- $97\dfrac {1}{2} litres$
- none of these
Ravi had $\dfrac {5}{6}$ of a cake. He ate $\dfrac {2}{3}$ of it. What part of the cake did he eat?
- $\dfrac {5}{9}$
- $\dfrac {10}{12}$
- $\dfrac {10}{6}$
- $\dfrac {10}{3}$
The product of a fractional number and its multiplicative inverse is
- 0
- 1
- number itself
- none of these
Veronica can type 28 words per minute. At this rate, how many words can Veronica type in $\displaystyle 5 \frac{1}{2}$ minutes ?
- 154
- 156
- 159
- 162
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle \frac{6}{3}$ is
- $\displaystyle -\frac{6}{3}$
- $\displaystyle -\frac{3}{6}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{6}$
- 36
Indian cricket team won 4 more matches than it lost with New Zealand If it won $\displaystyle\frac{3}{5}$ of its matches how many matches did India play
- 8
- 12
- 16
- 20
The equivalent fraction of $ \displaystyle \frac{10}{11} $ having the numerator 40 is _________
- $ \displaystyle \frac{40}{11} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{44}{40} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{40}{44} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{10}{40} $
The equivalent fraction of $ \displaystyle \frac{2}{3} $ having the denominator 18 is
- $ \displaystyle \frac{2}{18} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{18}{3} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{12}{18} $
- $ \displaystyle \frac{18}{27} $
$ \displaystyle \frac{1}{5}, of,10 km= $ _____m
- 2
- 200
- 20
- 2000
If $ \displaystyle \frac{2}{5}=\frac{x}{15}$ then what is the value of x
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 6
If $ \displaystyle \frac{25}{30}= \frac{x}{6} $ then what is the value of x
- 6
- 4
- 5
- 3
$\left ( \frac{\sqrt{625}}{11}\times \frac{14}{\sqrt{25}}\times \frac{11}{\sqrt{196}} \right )$ is equal to:
- 5
- 6
- 8
- 11
_____ has no reciprocal
- $0$
- $1$
- $-1$
- $\dfrac {1}{4}$
Multiply the following. Write the answer as a mixed fraction.
$\cfrac { 2 }{ 9 } \times 5$
- True
- False
Multiply the following. Write the answer as a mixed fraction.
$\cfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \times 4$
- <span>$1\cfrac{1}{3}$</span>
- <span>$\cfrac{4}{3}$</span>
- <span>$1\cfrac{2}{3}$</span>
- <span>$1\cfrac{4}{3}$</span>
Find the following product:
$2\cfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \times 3\cfrac { 1 }{ 5 } $
Ans$=7\dfrac{7}{15}$
- True
- False
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
- Zero has a reciprocal
- The product of two negative rational numbers is always positive
- The reciprocal of a positive rational number is always positive
- The product of two positive rational numbers is always positive
The value of $\left (-\dfrac {7}{2}\right )^{-1}$ is _________.
- $-1$
- $\dfrac {7}{2}$
- $-\dfrac {2}{7}$
- $\dfrac {-7}{2}$
Which of the following statements is true?
- Every point on the number line represents a rational number
- The product of a rational number and its reciprocal to $0$
- $(17\times 12)^{-1}=17^{-1}\times 12$
- Reciprocal of $\displaystyle\frac{1}{a}$, $a$ $\neq 0$ is $a$
The algebraic expression for the statement "Product of $x$ and reciprocal of $a$, subtracted from the product of $y$ and reciprocal of $b"$ is ___________.
- $\dfrac {y}{b} - \dfrac {x}{a}$
- $\dfrac {y - x}{a - b}$
- $xa - yb$
- $\dfrac {1}{yb - xa}$
Find the value of x and y respectively.
5$\dfrac{1}{x}$ $\times y$ $\dfrac{3}{4}$ = 20
- $3, 1$
- $3, 3$
- $4, 1$
- $5, 3$
If we multiply a fraction by itself, the fraction thus obtained is $\displaystyle\frac{16}{81}$. The original fraction is?
- $\displaystyle\frac{8}{27}$
- $\displaystyle 2\frac{2}{3}$
- $\displaystyle 2\frac{1}{3}$
- $\displaystyle\frac{4}{9}$
Which of the following statements is true?
- 1 and -1 are reciprocal of themselves.
- Zero has no reciprocal.
- The product of the two middle rational numbers is a rational number.
- All of these
A farmer grows vegetable in his field. In $\dfrac{2}{3}$ of the field, he grows potatoes, in $\dfrac{1}{4}$ he grows onions and in the rest of the field he grows tomatoes. In what part of the field does he grow tomatoes?
- $\dfrac{1}{12}$
- $\dfrac{11}{12}$
- $\dfrac{3}{4}$
- $\dfrac{1}{6}$
Which one of the following is same as $30%$ of $40%$ of $560$?
- $60%$ of $40%$ of $280$
- $15%$ of $80%$ of $280$
- $30%$ of $40%$ of $280$
- $15%$ of $80%$ of $140$
If $\dfrac{m}{n} = \dfrac{4}{3}$ and $\dfrac{r}{t} = \dfrac{9}{14}$, the value of $\dfrac{3mr - nt}{4nt - 7mr}$ is:
- $-5\dfrac{1}{2}$
- -$ \dfrac{11}{14}$
- -$1 \dfrac{1}{4}$
- $\dfrac{11}{14}$
- none of these
In the multiplication of $\dfrac{2}{3}$ with $4$, the numerator will be :
- $2$
- $8$
- $4$
- $12$
If $\frac{2}{3}$ of $48$ is simplified, the answer is
- $36$
- $32$
- $30$
- $28$
Simplify $\frac{-39}{3}\times\frac{19}{5}\times\frac{-45}{38}$
- $\frac{117}{2}$
- $\frac{-117}{2}$
- $\frac{127}{2}$
- $\frac{-127}{2}$
Multiply $\frac{-2}{11}\times\frac{-44}{16}$
- $-2$
- $4$
- $\frac{1}{2}$
- $-4$
If $\large{1\frac{2}{7}}$ of $\large{\frac{56}{63}}$ is simplified. Then the answer is
- $\large{\frac{8}{7}}$
- $\large{1\frac{1}{7}}$
- $\large{\frac{8}{5}}$
- $\large{1\frac{3}{5}}$
If $\dfrac {3}{4}$ of $\dfrac {1}{2}$ of a number is $60$ then the number is:
- $160$
- $400$
- $500$
- $700$
$\dfrac{\dfrac { 540 }{ 11 } \times 7}{343\dfrac { 7 }{ 11 }}$
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
The value of the expression $\sqrt {34-24\sqrt 2}\times (4+3\sqrt 2)$ is
- $-2$
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
The product of two-fifths of a number and $80%$ of another number is what percent of the product of the numbers
- $20%$
- $24%$
- $28%$
- $32%$
A certain number of men went to a hotel. Each man spent as many rupees as one-fourth of the men. If the total bill paid was Rs $20449$, then how many men visited in the hotel ?
- $286$
- $284$
- $281$
- $283$
Multiply $\dfrac{6}{13}$ by the reciprocal of $\dfrac{-7}{16}$
- <span>$\dfrac{-95}{91}$</span>
- <span>$\dfrac{-96}{91}$</span>
- <span>$\dfrac{96}{91}$</span>
- None of these
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If one-third of one-fourth of a number is $15$, then three-tenth of that number is:
- $75$
- $22$
- $18$
- $66$
Two-Third of a number and $\displaystyle \frac{25}{216}$ of its reciprocal are equal. What is the number?
- $\displaystyle \frac{25}{144}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{5}{12}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{144}{25}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{12}{5}$
$\displaystyle \left ( 999\frac{999}{1000}\times 7 \right )$ is equal to
- $\displaystyle 6993\frac{7}{1000}$
- $\displaystyle 7000\frac{7}{1000}$
- $\displaystyle 6633\frac{7}{1000}$
- $\displaystyle 6999\frac{993}{1000}$
The daily consumption of milk of a family is $\displaystyle 3\frac{1}{4}$ litres. The quantity of milk consumed by the family during the month of September 2003 is
- 90 lit
- $\displaystyle 100\frac{1}{2}$ lit
- $\displaystyle 97\frac{1}{2}$ lit
- none
Consider the following statements :
A. The product of an integer and a rational number can never be a natural number
B. The quotient of division of an integer by a rational number can never be an integer
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A only
- B only
- Both A and B
- Neither A nor B
What would be the reciprocal of the sum of the reciprocal of the numbers $\displaystyle \frac{3}{5}$ and $\displaystyle \frac{7}{3}$?
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{42}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{21}{44}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{4}{5}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{36}{55}$
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle \frac {7}{5}$ is
- $1\displaystyle \frac {2}{5}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {5}{7}$
- $5\displaystyle \frac {2}{3}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {12}{5}$
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle \frac{6}{3}$ is
- -$\displaystyle \frac{6}{3}$
- -$\displaystyle \frac{3}{6}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{6}$
- $36$
Reciprocal of $2 \displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac{7}{3}$
- $-\displaystyle \frac{7}{3}$
- $-\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{7}$
Reciprocal of $3$ is________.
- $-3$
- $-\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
- None of these
Ravi had $\displaystyle \frac {5}{6}$ of a cake. He ate $\displaystyle \frac {2}{3}$ of it. What part of the cake did he eat?
- $\displaystyle \frac {5}{9}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {10}{12}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {10}{6}$
- $\displaystyle \frac {10}{3}$
The product of a fractional number and its multiplicative inverse is
- $0$
- $1$
- number itself
- none
The reciprocal of the fraction $\displaystyle \frac { 5 }{ 11 }$ is
- $\displaystyle \frac { 11 }{ 5 }$
- $\displaystyle \frac { 5 }{ 11 }$
- $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 5 }$
- $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 11 }$
$\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 6 } $ of 48 liter = ........ liter
- 7
- 1
- 8
- 6
$\displaystyle 18\quad of\frac { 1 }{ 6 } $ is -
- $\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 108 } $
- 3
- -3
- None of these
$\displaystyle \frac { 2 }{ 4 }$ of a rupee = .......paise
- 20
- 50
- 40
- 10
Two-fifth of $10$ litre $=$ _____ litres
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
- $5$
The reciprocal of $15$ is ___.
- $15$
- $\displaystyle \frac{15}{1}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{15}$
- $1$
The reciprocal of $6-\sqrt{5}$ is equal to
- $\dfrac{3-\sqrt{5}}{8}$
- $\dfrac{6+\sqrt{5}}{31}$
- $\dfrac{6+2\sqrt{5}}{41}$
- $\dfrac{6-2\sqrt{5}}{56}$
- $\dfrac{6+2\sqrt{5}}{56}$
Find the reciprocal of $\dfrac23 \div \dfrac{14}{15}$
- $\dfrac57$
- $\dfrac56$
- $\dfrac32$
- $\dfrac75$
Multiply the following. Write the answer as a mixed fraction.
$\cfrac { 6 }{ 7 } \times 2$
- True
- False
Find the following product:
$6\times \cfrac { 1 }{ 5 } $
- True
- False
Rehna works $2\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } $ hours each day on her embroidery. She completes the work in $7$ days. How many hours did she take to complete her work?
- True
- False
Multiply and reduce to lowest form:
$\cfrac { 2 }{ 3 } \times 5\cfrac { 1 }{ 5 } $
- <span>$3\cfrac { 7 }{ 15 } $</span>
- <span>$7\cfrac { 3 }{ 15 } $</span>
- <span>$\cfrac { 7 }{ 15 } $</span>
- <span>$3\cfrac { 3 }{ 15 } $</span>
Deepak can paint $\cfrac { 2 }{ 5 } $ of a house in one day. If he continuous working at this rate, how many days will he take to paint the whole house?
- <span>$2\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } $ days</span>
- <span>$1\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } $ days</span>
- <span>$\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } $ days</span>
- <span>$2\cfrac { 1 }{ 4 } $ days</span>
The value of $(1024)^{-\dfrac {4}{5}}$ is ________.
- $\left (\dfrac {1}{4}\right )^{3}$
- $\left (\dfrac {1}{4}\right )^{2}$
- $\dfrac {1}{256}$
- $\dfrac {1}{512}$
When simplified, the product $\left( 1-\cfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \right) \left( 1-\cfrac { 1 }{ 4 } \right) \left( 1-\cfrac { 1 }{ 5 } \right) ...\left( 1-\dfrac 1n \right) $ becomes
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ n } $
- $\dfrac { 2 }{ n } $
- $\dfrac { 2(n-1) }{ n } $
- $\dfrac { 2 }{ n(n+1) } $
$4\frac{4}{5}\div\frac{3}{5}$ of $5+\frac{4}{5}\times\frac{3}{10} -\frac{1}{5}$ is simplified, then the result is
- $1\frac{16}{25}$
- $1\frac{17}{25}$
- $\frac{40}{25}$
- $\frac{42}{25}$
$\left( 1-\dfrac {1}{3} \right) \left( 1-\dfrac {1}{4} \right) \left( 1-\dfrac {1}{5} \right) ....\left( 1-\dfrac {1}{n} \right) $ equals
- $\dfrac {1}{n}$
- $\dfrac {2}{n}$
- $\dfrac {3}{n}$
- $\dfrac {4}{n}$
The product of the reciprocals of $\dfrac {x + 3}{x + 2}$ and $\dfrac {x^{2} -4}{x^{2} - 9}$ is
- $\dfrac {1}{(x -3)(x - 2)}$
- $\dfrac {x - 2}{x - 3}$
- $\dfrac {x - 3}{x - 2}$
- $(x - 3)(x - 2)$
The value of $\large{\frac{1}{3}} \ of\ \large{4\frac{2}{3}}$ $\div$ $\large{2\frac{1}{3}} of\ \large{1\frac{1}{2}}$ is
- 1
- 2
- 3
- None of these
Product of $\displaystyle \frac{12}{24}$ and $\displaystyle \frac{36}{72}$ is:
- $\displaystyle \frac{16}{24}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{5}$
- $4$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$
Product of $\displaystyle\frac{11}{12}\times \frac{16}{4}\times \frac{9}{16}$ is
- $\displaystyle 2\frac{1}{16}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{2}{8}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{9}{6}$
Reciprocal of $\displaystyle \frac{7}{5}$
- $\displaystyle 1\frac{2}{5}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{5}{7}$
- $\displaystyle 5\frac{2}{3}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{12}{5}$
$\displaystyle \frac{1}{9}$ of ___ $= 5$
- $5$
- $9$
- $14$
- $45$
Find the product:
- $\displaystyle 3\frac{18}{24}$
- $\displaystyle 2\frac{19}{24}$
- $\displaystyle 3\frac{19}{24}$
- $\displaystyle 2\frac{18}{24}$
If $\displaystyle 40-\frac{1}{5}\times $ ____ $= 0$, then the missing value is
- $0$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5} $
- $\displaystyle \frac{199}{5} $
- $200$
If the reciprocal of $y - 1$ is $y + 1$, then $y$ equals
- $-1$
- $+1$
- $0$
- $\pm$ 1
- none of these