Demystifying - Multiplying and dividing mixed numbers

Drills

Multiplying and dividing mixed numbers by converting to improper fractions.

Author note — to cover

Multiplying and dividing mixed numbers by converting to improper fractions first, cancelling before multiplying, converting back at the end; recipe and area contexts. This page anchors the fraction-arithmetic drill. Addition with exchange lives on adding-mixed-numbers; negatives live on the sibling pages. Both tiers. (N2)

  • Fluency — direct questions on multiplying and dividing mixed numbers, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

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The method this drill practises is taught on Multiplying and dividing mixed numbers.