πagarwalmath · 5th grade · Common Core 5.NF.B.6
🍅 Multiplying fraction stories
Fraction multiplication story problems
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A farm has 15 chickens. 1/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
2A farm has 40 chickens. 1/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
3There are 12 students in the school band. 1/3 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
43/4 of Priya's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
5There are 16 students in the school band. 3/8 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
6A farm has 36 chickens. 3/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
7A farm has 28 chickens. 1/4 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
8A farm has 45 chickens. 4/5 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
9There are 48 students in the school band. 1/6 of them play a drum. How many students play a drum?
Answer: ______________ students
10Maya has 12 stickers and puts 1/6 of them in a book. How many stickers go in the book?
Answer: ______________ stickers
11A farm has 16 chickens. 1/8 of them are brown. How many chickens are brown?
Answer: ______________ chickens
123/4 of Sam's garden is vegetables. 1/2 of the vegetable part is tomatoes. What fraction of the whole garden is tomatoes?
Answer: ______________ of the garden
Answer key: Multiplying fraction stories
- 1. 3 chickens
- 2. 8 chickens
- 3. 4 students
- 4. 3/8 of the garden
- 5. 6 students
- 6. 27 chickens
- 7. 7 chickens
- 8. 36 chickens
- 9. 8 students
- 10. 2 stickers
- 11. 2 chickens
- 12. 3/8 of the garden
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