standard_description: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number.
Grade 4 expectations in this domain are limited to fractions with denominators 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 100.
problem_activity: Problem 1
Solve. Show or explain your work.
$${2{5\over8}+4{2\over3}}$$
Problem 2
Sang needs
$$3\tfrac{1}{2}$$
feet of string to make a necklace and
$$2\tfrac{1}{4}$$
feet of string left. How much string, in feet, did Sang have before making the necklace?


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